Duration
24h Th, 24h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in bioengineering: chemistry and bio-industries, professional focus | 4 crédits | |||
| Advanced Master in Management of Food Chain Safety | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Introduction to food processing.
Evaporation
Fluid transport in porous media
Centrifuge sedimentation and by gravity.
Fluidisation
Filtration with cake
Food thermal processing : thermobacteriology, evaluation of the thermal processes used in industry.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
After completing the course the student is expected to be able to assess the most important unit operations and process involved in the biological products transformation.
Laboratories will bring students to develop their initiative through practical works conducted on pilot material.
After completing the course the student is expected to be able to assess the unit operations , describe in the course, involved in the biological products transformation and to quantify their different characteristics.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Physics and mathematical course of bachelor level, in engineering sciences (bioengineering)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures
Exercises
practical works :
Experiments are conducted in the pilot hall of Foodislife
Students are divided into groups, and taking into account the imposed objectives, they have to:
- study the operation
- identify the critical parameters
- develop the measurement methods
- measure the operation parameters
of several equipments used in food technology, for example :
an evaporator, a cake filtration unit, an UHT sterilizer, a screw centrifuge...
Pedagogic visit of food related company(ies)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Lectures
Exercises
Labs
Attending Labs is compulsory. All absences must be justified
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Slides are available via myuliege
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Written work / report
Further information:
The written exam will cover theory and related exercises.
Reports are focused on the laboratory sessions (group reports). Reports are due by December 20 at the latest.
Work placement(s)
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Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Attending labs is compulsory
A non-programmable scientific calculator is required for the course and examination (exercises).
A form (A4, single-sided, containing only formulas, no constants) is authorized for the written exam.
Contacts
Sabine Danthine
081 62 23 04
sabine.danthine@uliege.be
Nicolas Jacquet
081 62 22 25
nicolas.jacquet@uliege.be