Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

FDE 102 — Introduction to Food Engineering

2 units · FDE department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

Review of various engineering disciplines leading to evolution of Food Engineering, Philosophy, definition and interrelationship of Food Science, Technology and Engineering. Interphases of agriculture, food and nutrition, as disciplines of academic study and as profession. Review of global food situation with emphasis on Nigeria and Africa. Food Process engineering, security issues in developing countries. The Nigerian food industries and Engineering. The food engineer as a problem solver: roles of Food Engineers in National Development. Description/definition of the following: Process. Food process engineering. Flow charts and descriptions of some processes. Steady and unsteady state. Batch, continuous and semi- continuous operations. Unit operations and classifications. Mathematics involved in food engineering problems. Engineering Unit and dimensions, mass and energy balances. Introduction to dimensional analysis and similarity theorem. 200 Level

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