Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Lecture 1
Lecture 1
By: Tayto Mindahun (PhD candidate in Chemical Process and Product Design
(CPPD), MSc in Process Engineering, BSc in Chemical Engineering )
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Lecture 1
The processes can be divided into so-called unit or basic operations common to many
processes.
Classification of processes
Batch Process:
Feed is charged at the beginning of the process and the product is
collected some time later.
i.e. during the process no feed enters and no product is released.
OR
During the process, no feed enters and no product out.
Continuous Process
Feed and product flow continuously throughout the duration of the
process.
Semi-Batch Processes
A semi-batch process is when reactants are periodically added or products are
periodically removed.
Any process which are not batch or continuous (Inputs without outputs OR outputs
without inputs).
Steady-State and Unsteady state processes
Steady-State:
Process variables(temperature, pressure,
volume and flow rates) don't vary with time.
Unsteady-State (Transient):
Process variables vary with time.
What is unit operation?
Unit operations are a basic step in a process which involves physical change or
chemical transformation.
1. Explain the concept of unit operation synergy in food processing, and provide
examples of how combining different unit operations can lead to improved product
quality and efficiency?
2. Compare and contrast batch processing and continuous processing in food
production, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each approach
with respect to unit operations?
End of lecture 1