Topic- Agricultural Processing And Food Engineering

One can divide this section into two sub-sections for better distinction between areas of concern.

Food Technology Food Technology deals with engineering methods which are technically adoptable, economically feasible and culturally acceptable to process food for future consumption. There are various methods through which food procuring are being carried out. A detailed study of all these processes and structured involved in their uses are quite mandatory to understand the subject, e.g. Cleaning, Storage, Milling etc. are processes and structure involved are cyclone separator, silo bins and mills  etc. respectively. You have to deal with variety of physical parameter for each function e.g. Sphericity, Separation factor, Pressure at bottom of silo bin, Milling efficiency, Various geometrical diameter etc. Agricultural Processing Food Processing deals with processing of food for present and future consumption. All sorts of foods contain water thus perishable in nature. In order to make them long live we need to properly manage processing through various Physical, Chemical and Mechanical processes. To treat agricultural material properly it is imperative to know a wide range of heating parameters. You need to focus on Heat and Mass Transfer processes to adequately understand the transfer phenomena. Dimensionless number involved with heat and mass transfer process is also need to remember from exam point of view.GATE Perspective:- This section covers almost 25-30%  of total marks depending upon examiners. But leaving all uncertainty, this section atleast covers 15% in any condition. A comparative analysis of previous year papers will give a understanding that how weightage and toughness of  different sections varies with organizing institute. You can also share your analysis with your fellows and can also ask for theirs. Suggested Reading Book Author Unit Operations of Agricultural Processing K.M. Sahay and K.K. Singh   Transport Process and Unit Operations Geonkoplies   Reading of this two books are strictly recommended in order to achieve all questions within your reach of knowledge. From Geonkoplies you need to conver only those topics which are relevant to from GATE point of you.                                                                             All the best