Project 1 Report:

 

You will receive color pictures of each instrument or piece of equipment.  Each student will submit his or her own report.

 

1.   For each piece of pilot plant equipment listed below, do the following:

a.       Label the pictures with the components listed for each piece of equipment. Use arrows and neatly written labels to identify the parts.

b.      Indicate the flow pattern of the food product through the equipment

c.       Indicate the purpose of the equipment in food processing  (ex: HTST pasteurizer - to kill the most heat resistant, vegetative pathogen in a fluid food)

d.      Name the primary unit operation(s) performed by the piece of equipment (fluid flow, heat transfer, size adjustment, mass transfer, separation, mixing)

 

2.   For each analytical instrument listed below, do the following:

a.   Label the pictures with the components listed for each instrument.

b.      Indicate the purpose of the instrument in food evaluation.

c.       Provide a brief, step-by-step procedure for use of the instrument

 

 

PILOT PLANT EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS:

 

Food analysis instruments

pH meter

Colorimeter

Texture analyzer

Particle size analyzer

Water activity meter

Moisture analyzer

Viscometer

 

Meat Pilot Plant ( Animal Sciences Building )

Grinder

Meat slicer

Piston sausage stuffer

Bowl chopper

Smokehouse/Oven

Curing solution injector

Tumbler

 

Parker Hall Pilot Plant

Centrifugal pump

Rotary lobe positive displacement pump

Cream separator

HTST (high temperature, short time) pasteurizer

Homogenizer

Batch ice cream freezer

Continuous ice cream freezer

Cheese vat

Colloid mill

Ultrafiltration unit

UHT processor and aseptic filler (Microthermics)

Liquifier

 

Howlett Hall Pilot Plant

Extruder

Tomato peeling line

Dicer

Abrasive peeler

Slicer

Electric kettle

Pizza or Deck oven

Convection oven

Proofing oven

Steam injection oven

Sheeter

Hobart Mixer

Fryer

Rotary retort

Still retort

Donut maker

Vacuum evaporator