ECTS
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Course code: NWSS10069o11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: Storage in Food Industry
Major: Commodity Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 7
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 24 / 24 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. inż. Józef Błażewicz, prof. nadzw.
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: After completing the course student will gain the knowledge of processes and methods of plant raw materials preservation and storage; will be able to estimate the usability of plant products to the storage process.
Competences: Students are able to single-handed choose and design preservation technology of plant raw materials relying on knowledge about their parameters and course of further processing.
Prerequisites: Biochemistry, Food Chemistry, Microbiology
Course content: Biological, biochemical and chemical processes during storage of plant raw materials in different circumstances. Technology of storing cereal grains, potatoes, vegetables and fruits. Storage of nonpreserved and preserved plant raw materials. Losses during storage of plant products.
Recommended literature: 1. Horubała A.: Podstawy przechowalnictwa żywności. PWN Warszawa 1975. 2. Jankowski S.: Zarys technologii zbóż i strączkowych jadalnych. Cz. I., Poznań 1967. 3. Kubicki K.: Biologiczne i techniczne uwarunkowania przechowywania ziemniaków. PWN Warszawa 1988. 4. Lange E., Ostrowski W.: Przechowalnictwo owoców. PWRiL Warszawa 1992. 5. Kępkowa A.: Przechowywanie warzyw. PWRiL Warszawa 1970.
Assessment methods: oral exam, minimum – 60%
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