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Plants in Food Industry

Professor: Prof. Flavio Manenti

Teaching Assistants: Prof. Alessandro Di Pretoro, Dr. Anna Dell’Angelo, Ing. FIlippo Bisotti, Ing. Kristiano Prifti, Ing. Andrea Galeazzi, Ing. Matteo Fedeli, Ing. Federico Moretta

Institution: Politecnico di Milano, Campus Leonardo

M.Sc. Students: Food Engineering

Semester: 1

ECTS: 5 (comnbined to 5 ECTS of Processes in Food Industry, Prof. Laura M. T. Capelli)

Type: Mandatory course

Exams rules: please, refer to the dedicated slides

Reference book: Non-conventional Unit Operations – Solving Practical Issues; A. Di Pretoro, F. Manenti, 2019 (Special discount link: https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-9240242-12898971?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fit%2Fbook%2F9783030345716)

Reference book: Perry’s Manual (discounted price with AIDIC affiliation, www.aidic.it)

Reference book: Signor, Manenti, La Simulazione Dinamica di Processo (for free with AIDIC affiliation, www.aidic.it)

Lectures (labs are integrated in the frontal lectures)

  • 01 PFI – FM – LECTURE – Intro
  • 02 PFI – FM – LECTURE – Exam rules
  • 03 PFI – FM – LECTURE – Premise
  • 04 PFI – FM – LECTURE – Distributed control systems
  • 05 PFI – FM – LECTURE – Big data analytics
  • 06 PFI – FM – LECTURE – Digital twin (Bricks)
  • 07 PFI – FM – LECTURE – Digital twin (Units)
  • 08 PFI – FM – LECTURE – Decision-making
  • 09 PFI – FM – LECTURE – Supply chain management
  • 10 PFI – FM – LECTURE – Heat exchangers
  • 11 PFI – FM – LECTURE (Currently Optional) – Pinch technology
  • 12 PFI – FM – TUTORIAL – Digital twin, decision-making and series of operation. Start-up a tomato sauce cncentrating plant section

Laboratories

Data Reconciliation:

Relevant readings

Macro-laboratory:

  • Multiple-effect evaporation process – Process design HERE
  • Multiple-effect evaporation process – Process startup procedure HERE
  • Heat exchange network for water boiling – Process design and dynamics HERE

Additonal optional paper:

  • Agitated thin-film evaporation (open access) – Process dynamics HERE

Exam

Please check the dedicated lecture on the “Exam Rules”. The exam will be written only, ideally combined with the exam of Processes in Food Industry.

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