TÜRKÇE
ENGLISH
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Course Goal / Objective
To create awareness in order to prevent crop storage losses by preserving quality based on the importance of agricultural product storage.
Course Content
Expectations from stored agricultural products in terms of food safety and quality,changes in product quality during storage -crop moisture content and temperature, self-heating, changes in storage atmosphere - air temperature and relative humidity, information technologies used in the monitoring, determination and prevention of deterioration or heating in the stored product, ventilation and cooling applications in crop storage, short and long-term storage of fresh fruits and vegetables, shelf life, dried crop storage
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Recognize the variables and storage methods related to the agricultural crop storage |
| LO02 | Learns the concepts of food quality and safety in agricultural crop storage |
| LO03 | Learns optimization of investment and operating costs in agricultural crop storage |
| LO04 | Learns the contribution of selecting appropriate method in stored products to the economy |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
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Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expectations from stored agricultural products in terms of food safety and quality | Lecture notes | |
| 2 | Changes in product quality during storage, crop moisture content and crop temperature, self-heating | Lecture notes | |
| 3 | Changes in storage atmosphere during storage - air temperature and relative humidity | Lecture notes | |
| 4 | Information technologies used in the monitoring, determination and prevention of spoilage or heating in the stored product | Lecture notes | |
| 5 | Ventilation and cooling applications, structures and equipment in crop storage | Lecture notes | |
| 6 | Pre--storage processes | Lecture notes | |
| 7 | Short-term cold storage of fresh fruits and vegetables | Lecture notes | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Studying lecture notes | |
| 9 | Long-term cold storage of fresh fruits and vegetables - modified atmosphere applications | Lecture notes | |
| 10 | Long-term storage of dried fruits and vegetables in hermetic conditions | Lecture notes | |
| 11 | Long-term storage of dried fruits and vegetables in vacuum environment | Lecture notes | |
| 12 | Sterilization methods for dried fruit storage- high temperature method | Lecture notes | |
| 13 | Sterilization methods for dried fruit storage - dielectric method | Lecture notes | |
| 14 | Licensed xrop storage | Lecture notes | |
| 15 | Case studies | Lecture notes | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Studying lecture notes | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Studying lecture notes |