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BSEN40440

Academic Year 2024/2025

Food Refrigeration Engineering (BSEN40440)

Subject:
Biosystems Engineering
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Biosystems & Food Engineering
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Da-Wen Sun
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The frozen food is one of the biggest sectors in the food industry. With the development of the freezing technology, there has been a steady increase in the quantity and variety of frozen foods. Nowadays, frozen foods have become a part of our daily life.In this module you will be introduced to, and will examine in detail, the principles of refrigeration cycles and the determination of thermal properties of foods. You will examine both conventional and novel cooling and freezing processes of foods, the calculation of cooling time and freezing time and the safety and quality of chilled and frozen foods. Finally industrial cooling and freezing facilities will be introduced.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
- Explain how and why food is refrigerated
- Analyse and calculate common industrially used refrigeration cycles
- Calculate cooling and freezing times based on food properties
- Choose and design an appropriate cooling and freezing method and facility

Indicative Module Content:

Indicative module content includes:
- Fundamentals of refrigeration thermodynamics
- Refrigeration cycles
- Thermal physical properties of foods
- Cooling time calculation
- Freezing time calculation
- Cooling methods and facilities
- Freezing methods and facilities

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

30
Autonomous Student Learning

48
Lectures

24
Total

102

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Active/task-based learning; lectures; reflective learning; enquiry & problem-based learning

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

Students should have previously completed BSEN 20020 Principles of Engineering or MEEN 20010 Mechanics of Fluids I or equivalent before taking this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
BSEN30090 - Food Refrigeration Systems, BSEN40030 - Adv Food Refrigeration Systems


 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): Closed-book exam End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Graded No

100

 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Reading List (All Available in UCD Library):

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
by Stoecker, W. F; Jones, J. W
1982, 2nd ed.
Check Shelves, 621.56 STO, James Joyce, General (+1 more)

Advances in Food Refrigeration
by Sun, Da-Wen
2001
Check Shelves, 664.02852 ADV, James Joyce, General (+2 more)

Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging
by Sun, Da-Wen
2006
Check Shelves, 664.02853 HAN, James Joyce, General (+2 more)
eBook: Full Text Online

Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging, Second Edition
by Sun, Da-Wen
10/2011
eBook: Full Text Online
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