Production engineering/Food engineering' is a
multidisciplinary field of applied physical
sciences which combines science, microbiology, and engineering
education for food and related industries. Food engineering includes, but is
not limited to, the application of agricultural engineering, mechanical engineering and chemical engineering principles to
food materials. Food engineers provide the technological
knowledge transfer essential to the cost-effective production and
commercialization of food products and services.
Food engineering is a very wide field of activities.
Prospective major employers for food engineers include companies involved in
food processing, food machinery, packaging, ingredient
manufacturing, instrumentation, and control. Firms that design and build food
processing plants, consulting firms, government agencies, pharmaceutical
companies, and health-care firms also hire food engineers. Among its
domain of knowledge and action are:
- research and development of new foods, biological and pharmaceutical products
- development and operation of manufacturing, packaging and distributing systems for drug/food products
- design and installation of food/biological/pharmaceutical production processes
- design and operation of environmentally responsible waste treatment systems
- marketing and technical support for manufacturing plants.
Topics in food engineering In the development of food
engineering, one of the many challenges is to employ modern tools and
knowledge, such as computational materials science and nanotechnology,
to develop new products and processes. Simultaneously, improving quality,
safety, and security remain critical issues in food engineering study. New
packaging materials and techniques are being developed to provide more
protection to foods, and novel preservation technology is emerging.
Additionally, process control and automation regularly appear among the top
priorities identified in food engineering. Advanced monitoring and control
systems are developed to facilitate automation and flexible food manufacturing.
Furthermore, energy saving and minimization of environmental problems continue
to be important food engineering issues, and significant progress is being made
in waste management, efficient utilization of energy, and reduction of
effluents and emissions in food production.
Typical topics include:
- Advances in classical unit operations in engineering applied to food manufacturing
- Progresses in the transport and storage of liquid and solid foods
- Developments in heating, chilling and freezing of foods
- Advanced mass transfer in foods
- New chemical and biochemical aspects of food engineering and the use of kinetic analysis
- New techniques in dehydration, thermal processing, non-thermal processing, extrusion, liquid food concentration, membrane processes and applications of membranes in food processing
- Shelf-life, electronic indicators in inventory management, and sustainable technologies in food processing
- Modern packaging, cleaning, and sanitation technologies.
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