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What is the focus of agricultural process engineering?
Transforming, packaging, sorting, or grading livestock or livestock products, agricultural commodities, or plants or plant products into goods for consumption.
What are the main challenges addressed by postharvest engineering?
Perishability of high-value commercial crops, improper handling, inappropriate packaging, and inadequate storage and transport facilities.
What is the role of agricultural process engineering in handling crops?
From farm to market, including processing of agricultural materials into food, feed products, and industrial products.
What does postharvest engineering focus on in terms of high-value crops?
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What is the goal of postharvest engineering in relation to perishable crops?
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What are the areas of interest in postharvest engineering?
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What is the main focus of Crop Processing?
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What does Food Engineering aim to achieve?
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What is the focus of Energy Engineering?
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What does Thermal Processing primarily involve?
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What is the purpose of Crop Preservation?
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What are the six reasons for processing crops mentioned in the text?
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What are the areas of specialization in Crop Processing?
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What is the integration in Food Engineering?
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What are the main areas of focus in Energy Engineering?
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What are the principles and applications involved in Thermal Processing?
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Agricultural process engineering involves transforming, packaging, sorting, or grading ______ or ______ products, agricultural commodities, or plants or plant products into goods that are used for intermediate or final consumption including goods for nonfood use. It also includes handling and storage of crops in fresh form from farm to market, to processing of agricultural materials into food, feed products, and industrial products.
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Postharvest Engineering is involved in the sorting and grading, packaging, temperature management, transport, and short-term storage of ______ crops. It focuses on the development of equipment, facilities, and protocols to reduce losses, extend shelf life, and maintain quality of perishable crops in fresh form.
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Due to the inherent perishability of high-value ______ crops such as fresh fruits, vegetables, and cut flowers, a significant fraction of the volume produced yearly is lost due to improper handling, inappropriate packaging, and inadequate storage and transport facilities.
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Postharvest Engineering focuses on the sorting and grading, packaging, temperature management, transport, and short-term storage of ______ crops.
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Development of equipment, facilities, and protocols to reduce losses, extend shelf life, and maintain quality of ______ crops in fresh form.
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Agricultural process engineering involves transforming, packaging, sorting, or grading ______ or livestock products, agricultural commodities, or plants or plant products into goods that are used for intermediate or final consumption including goods for nonfood use.
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Crop Processing involves the transformation of raw agricultural materials into intermediate or finished products such as animal feed, crude oil extracts for biofuel production, industrial fibers. This field of specialization involves the determination of physical properties of raw materials, development of size reduction and extraction equipment and processes, evaluation of processed products, and ______ and dehydration methods.
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Special emphasis is placed on ______ and milling of Philippine crops such as rice and corn.
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Food Engineering, the integration of the fields of engineering, chemistry, and microbiology for developing solutions to processing of food materials into finished products with added value and a stable shelf life. This field of specialization involves the development of new food products, pharmaceuticals, food processing machinery, ______ materials and edible coatings, processing protocols, and treatments for processing plant waste.
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Energy Engineering involved in biomass and other alternative energy resource development (calculation of energy potentials, policy formulation, status of the industry), biofuels potential and sustainability, energy conservation and efficiency measures, and theory and design of combustion systems for agricultural ______.
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Thermal Processing principles and application of psychrometry in postharvest engineering and crop processing applications, design of refrigerated storage systems, and thermodynamic analysis of postharvest and ______ systems.
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Crop Preservation Operation or a series of operation in which the properties of the crop are intentionally altered through the process to slow down or stop spoilage degree of alteration in properties may vary Example: ______ of grains
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Why process crop. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. To ensure long term stability and to provide a variety in the diet It makes food available It makes possible the marketing of produce in other areas It makes the crop available throughout the year To avoid wastage of surpluses To ______ handling
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What does Thermal Processing primarily involve? The principles and application of psychrometry in postharvest engineering and crop processing applications, design of refrigerated storage systems, and thermodynamic analysis of postharvest and ______ systems.
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What is the main focus of Crop Processing? Involves the transformation of raw agricultural materials into intermediate or finished products such as animal feed, crude oil extracts for biofuel production, industrial fibers. This field of specialization involves the determination of physical properties of raw materials, development of size reduction and extraction equipment and processes, evaluation of processed products, and drying and ______ methods.
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What is the goal of postharvest engineering in relation to perishable crops? Operation or a series of operation in which the properties of the crop are intentionally altered through the process to slow down or stop spoilage degree of alteration in properties may vary Example: drying of ______
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