ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Faculty of Sciences
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable | 1st year (Yes)
- Knowing general aspects related to food dehydration.
- Knowing the importance of static drying in the design of equipment.
- Understanding the basic fundamentals of the transport mechanisms involved.
- Knowing the importance of the selection of dehydration methods to obtain products with optimum quality in rehydration.
Theory:
1.- Introduction to the dehydration of foods: Techniques of elimination of water. Conventional methods and new technologies.
2.- Static drying: Water activity. Experimental measurement and prediction. Sorption isotherms (desorption / adsorption). Applications.
3.- Transfer mechanisms and kinetic models. Selection of dehydration methods. Importance of rehydration. Applications.
4.- Dehydration equipment used in the food industry. Introduction to equipment design.
Practices:
Experimental measurements of sorption isotherms, kinetics of drying and/or rehydration of food. Obtaining diffusion coefficients and kinetic parameters.
A) Básica:
- FITO MAUPOEY, P. et al., 2001. Introducción al secado de alimentos por aire caliente. Valencia: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. ISBN 9788497050258. Referencia: ALT 310 and ALT 311
- KUDRA, T. y MUJUMDAR, A.S., 2009. Advanced Drying Technologies. 2ª ed. Boca Ratón: CRC Press. ISBN 9781420073874 Referencia: QUT 406
B) Complementaria:
- CHENG, D.C. and MUJUMDAR, A.S., 2008. Drying Technologies in Food Processing. Oxford: Blackwell ISBN: 978-1-4051-5763-6. Referencia: ALT 100
- TSOTSAS, E. and MUJUMDAR, A.S., 2009. Modern Drying Technology, v.2. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-31557-4 (v. 2). Referencia: ALT 583
- VAN’T LAND, C.M., 2012. Drying in the Process Industry. New Jersey: Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-0-470-13117-6. Referencia: QUT 408
C) Online Sources:
http://www.rpaulsingh.com/learning/virtual/virtual.html
Basic and General:
CB7 - That the students know how to apply the acquired knowledge and their ability to solve problems in new or little known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
CB10 - That students have the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous
CG7 - Knowledge of new processes, methods and technologies with specific applications in the food industry.
Transversal:
CT1 - Analysis and synthesis capacity.
CT3 - Ability to work as a team.
CT5 - Ability to use information and communication technologies.
CT6 - Ability to search, analyse and manage information from various sources.
CT7 - Ability to solve problems.
CT9 - Ability to transmit knowledge.
CT12 - Ability to use, in a timely manner, complementary information in a foreign language, mainly in the English language
Specific to the Optional:
CEOP6: Knowledge of the fundamentals, transport mechanisms and models in the processes of dehydration/rehydration of food.
In accordance with scenarios 1, 2 and 3, defined in the “Guidelines for or development of safe face-to-face teaching”:
-Scenario 1: expository and interactive classroom teaching
-Scenario 2: face-to-face and virtual teaching coexist according to the calendar and schedules established by the center
-Scenario 3: completely virtual teaching
The teaching methodologies will be adapted to the three scenarios as follows:
Scenario 1:
In order to achieve of specific training, students will be using 12 hours of lectures (classroom activity expository teaching), where the theoretical fundamentals of the subject are explained and exercises and problems will be resolved, especially focused on the processes of dehydration and rehydration of food, which serve to apply theoretical knowledge.
Conducting seminars (2 hours) and group work/activities are required, since they will allow the acquisition of general and specific competences.
Individual tutoring will be conducted to clarify particular problems of each student; also, there will be mandatory tutoring (2 hours) to work with reduced groups on specific topics.
Also, the labs program (8 hours) allows to transpose theoretical knowledge to practical application and development of scientific and technical documents.
Tools will be used to support teaching and problem solving (working with multimedia presentations and spreadsheets).
The Virtual Campus of USC will also be used as support.
All teaching activities will be face-to-face (except for group work), unless the competent authorities establish the obligation to carry out, in whole or in part, the activities remotely (online).
Scenarios 2 and 3:
* Contingency plan for remote teaching activities.
They will be carried out synchronously/asynchronously and always according to the schedule established by the center, through the different telematic means available at USC, preferably the Virtual Campus and Ms Teams. For remote teaching, the student must have a computer (or tablet, etc.) and an internet connection.
Due to the nature and contents of this subject, as well as to the methodology used, the main differences between face-to-face teaching and remote teaching would be:
- Lectures and group tutorials will be carried out by online sessions using Ms Teams.
- Seminars and Laboratory Practices, it is necessary to use Excel, which will be available to students in the version of Office 365 through the domain @ rai.usc.es, and the online resource proposed in the bibliography. In the seminars a synchronous task will be required. If the laboratory sessions cannot be face-to-face, they will be replaced by explanations and assignments of tasks related to the planned experimental procedures.
- Group work requires searching for information, which can be found in the books available in the library in online format and selected information from the internet. Ms Teams will be used for the exhibition of the works.
In addition, a forum will be available on the Virtual Campus that will serve to maintain direct communication both between the students themselves and between them and the teacher. Thus, individual tutorials can be done through the Virtual Campus forum, through Ms Teams or via email.
In accordance with scenarios 1, 2 and 3, defined in the “Guidelines for or development of safe face-to-face teaching”, the assessment system will be exactly the same regardless of the type of teaching used (face-to-face or virtual), with the only difference that the assessment activities will be carried out, as established by the competent authorities, either in person or remotely through the telematic means available at USC.
For cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the “Regulations for the evaluation of students' academic performance and the review of qualifications” will be applied.
Monitoring of learning by approaching case studies and activities to address, in person or not, individually or in groups. In addition, there will be at least one exam.
The final grade will consider both the exam results (40%) and activities in classroom (seminars, work/activities, and tutorials: 30%; laboratory practice: 30%).
In the seminars, activities/work and tutorials the following competencies will be evaluated:
Seminars: CB7, CB10, CT7.
Activities/work and Tutorials: CB10, CT6, CT9, CT12.
In the labs a brief report of the practices will be presented. Both, the work carried out in the laboratory and the report, will be evaluated. The following competencies will be evaluated: CG7, CB7, CT1, CT3, CT5, CT6, CT12.
In the final exam the specific skill CEOP6 will be assessed.
It is mandatory for the student to attend and obtain a minimum mark of 4 (over 10) in each of the evaluable parts (exam, seminars, work/activities, tutorials and laboratory practice).
In case of failure to pass the subject in the first call (minimum 5), the student will be evaluated in the second call of exam (theory and/or problems) maintaining continuous assessment scores. The labs will not be repeated for the second time.
Failure to attend mandatory classes (seminars, tutorials, activities / work, laboratory practices and final exam) will prevent passing the subject in the first opportunity of the semester as well as in the second one.
Only students who have not done any of the classroom activities may obtain the final grade of No Presented.
Assistance to the presential sessions is mandatory: seminars, tutorials, works/activities, laboratory practice and exam.
The students must take up the subject to understand and carry out further issues and problems that arise in classroom.
Overall it is estimated that students must use a total of 51 hours of personal work to complete a total of 75 hours devoted to the subject (8 hours for theoretical classes, 4 hours for laboratory practices, 11 hours for seminars and 28 hours for tutorials).
The students will perform on their own all practical exercises, both those already settled in the classroom as those proposed as personal work.
It is necessary to manage Excel spreadsheet or similar.
Classes will be taught in Spanish and/or Galician.
The admission of students in the laboratory of practices requires that they know and comply with the General Safety Standards in the laboratories of practices, of the University of Santiago de Compostela. This information is available on the website of the USC:
http://www.usc.es/export9/sites/webinstitucional/gl/servizos/sprl/desca…
The mask must be used during the student's stay in the Center. All instructions from the health authorities and the USC itself must be scrupulously followed, for the protection of the health of the Covid-19. Wear a mask, apply hydrogel or wash your hands with soap and water following the instructions and when possible increase the distance with the rest of the classmates and teacher in the classroom.
METHODOLOGY
In accordance with scenarios 1, 2 and 3, defined in the “Guidelines for or development of safe face-to-face teaching”:
-Scenario 1: expository and interactive classroom teaching
-Scenario 2: face-to-face and virtual teaching coexist according to the calendar and schedules established by the center
-Scenario 3: completely virtual teaching
The teaching methodologies will be adapted to scenarios 2 and 3 as follows:
* CONTINGENCY PLAN for remote teaching activities.
They will be carried out synchronously/asynchronously and always according to the schedule established by the center, through the different telematic means available at USC, preferably the Virtual Campus and Ms Teams. For remote teaching, the student must have a computer (or tablet, etc.) and an internet connection.
Due to the nature and contents of this subject, as well as to the methodology used, the main differences between face-to-face teaching and remote teaching would be:
- Lectures and group tutorials will be carried out by online sessions using Ms Teams.
- Seminars and Laboratory Practices, it is necessary to use Excel, which will be available to students in the version of Office 365 through the domain @ rai.usc.es, and the online resource proposed in the bibliography. In the seminars a synchronous task will be required. If the laboratory sessions cannot be face-to-face, they will be replaced by explanations and assignments of tasks related to the planned experimental procedures.
- Group work requires searching for information, which can be found in the books available in the library in online format and selected information from the internet. Ms Teams will be used for the exhibition of the works.
In addition, a forum will be available on the Virtual Campus that will serve to maintain direct communication both between the students themselves and between them and the teacher. Thus, individual tutorials can be done through the Virtual Campus forum, through Ms Teams or via email.
ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
In accordance with scenarios 1, 2 and 3, defined in the “Guidelines for or development of safe face-to-face teaching”, the assessment system will be exactly the same regardless of the type of teaching used (face-to-face or virtual), with the only difference that the assessment activities will be carried out, as established by the competent authorities, either in person or remotely through the telematic means available at USC.
For cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the “Regulations for the evaluation of students' academic performance and the review of qualifications” will be applied.
María José Vázquez Vila
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- mariaj.vazquez.vila [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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