Unit operation Flashcards
3 categories of unit operation
Separation - (distillation)
Combination - (mixing)
Physico- chemical transformation
Unit ops different principles
Fluid flow process - fluid transportation,
filtration, solid fluidsation
Heat transfer process - evaporation, condensation
Mass transfer process - gas absorption, distillation, extraction, drying
Thermodynamic process - refrigeration
Mechanical process - crushing and pulverisation, screening and sieving
Unit ops study for
To manufactor food in large scale
To design and formulate products
To cultivate, avoid and eliminate microbes in food
To ensure food good quality and robust health impact
Sensible heat
jeat used to raise or remove the temperature without a change in phase
Latent heat
heat used or released for material to change state
Specific heat
heat required to changea unit of temperature by a unit mass of material