5.4.

AB Process Engineering

Course Name Properties of AB Materials

Course Description Physical characteristics, electrical, mechanical, thermal and
optical properties of AB materials
Number of Units for 3 units (2 lec, 1 lab)
Lecture and Laboratory
Number of Contact 5 hours (2 lec, 3 lab)
Hours per Week
Prerequisites / Materials and Processes of AB, Thermodynamics and Heat
Co-requisites Transfer / None
Program Outcomes a, e, k
addressed by the
Course
Course Outcomes At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
1. Define the different engineering properties of agricultural and
biological materials;
2. Explain the importance of engineering properties of
agricultural and biological materials to agricultural processing;
and
3. Identify different methods in determining or measuring these
properties.
Course Outline 1. Introduction to Engineering Properties of AB Materials
1.1. Importance and Significance
1.2. Properties of AB Materials
2. Physical Characteristics
2.1. Size of AB Materials
2.2. Shape of AB Materials
2.3. Surface Area of AB Materials
2.4. Porosity of AB Materials
3. Electrical Properties
3.1. Dielectric Properties
4. Mechanical Properties
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Compressive and Tensile Resistance
4.3. Impact Resistance
4.4. Vibration
5. Thermal Properties
5.1. Thermal Conductivity
5.2. Specific Heat
5.3. Enthalpy and Latent Heat
5.4. Thermal Diffusivity
5.5. Mass Diffusivity
6. Optical properties
6.1. Color Theory and Models
Laboratory Equipment See Annex IV
C.4. AB Process Engineering
1. Properties of AB Required Equipment Required Quantity*
Material Exercise
None
1. Lab Safety and the use
Personal Protective
Equipment

Moisture meter/oven 1 unit

2. Physical Weighing Scale 1 unit
Characteristics of Fruits Vernier caliper 1 unit
and Vegetables

Moisture meter/ oven 1 unit

3. Physical Weighing Scale 2 units
Characteristics of Grains Bulk Density apparatus 1 unit
Vernier caliper 1 unit
Near Infrared 1 unit
4. Quality Evaluation of Spectroscopy 2 unit
AB materials Weighing scale

Infrared thermometer 1 unit

5. Electrical Properties of Multimeter 1 unit
AB materials Moisture meter/ oven 1 unit

UTM 1 unit
6. Mechanical Properties
of AB materials

Thermocouple data 1 unit

7. Thermal Properties of logger 1 unit
AB materials Infrared thermometer 1 unit
Calorimeter 1 unit
Oven 2 units
Weighing scale
Colorimeter/ Near
8. Optical properties of Infrared Spectroscopy
AB materials