Food Industry Waste Engineering

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Course objectives

After completed course students will have acquired knowledge about food industry waste management, current food process waste regulations and disposal practices and understanding of waste beneficial reuse and bio-processing.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After completed course students will be able to:
- identify the diverse types of waste generated by various branches of the food industry,
- interpret environmental protection laws and regulations related to food industry waste,
- present methods for the treatment of waste from food processing industry,
- present principles and methods of recycling waste from food processing industry present possibilities of waste energy utilization.

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

1st week: Food industry waste. Technological, economic and social aspects of disposal and/or utilization of wastes.
2nd week: Laws and regulations related to environmental protection considering food industry waste.
3rd week: Waste management; health and safety policies and procedures.
4th week: Waste disposal. Types of landfills, safety and activities at landfill.
5th week: Development of optimized systems for the treatment of food industry waste.
6th week: Principles and methods of recycling waste of the food industry - sanitary landfills, composting.
7th week: Incineration and pyrolysis.
8th week: New technologies.
First test.
9th week: Development and application of biological methods for the recovery of organic waste and byproducts.
10th week: Waste energy utilization; waste as alternative fuel, generation of heat energy.
11th week: Generation of electricity. Biogas.
12th week: Biomass as a source of energy.
13th week: Technologies of converting biomass into energy.
14th week: Hydrogen as a fuel – biohydrogen. Hydrogen production processes from biomass and biodegradable waste.
15th week: Hydrogen production processes from biomass and biodegradable waste.
Second test.
Exercises: Reuse/recycle citrus peels. Ethanol production by distillation of fermented grape pomace. Calcium tartrate production. Fieldwork at the Karepovac landfill. Fieldwork at the Cijan d.o.o. company.

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Student responsibilities

Lecture attendance: 80 %. Exercises attendance: 100 %. Field work attendance: 100 %.