Food-Processing-Plant-Design-layout

Food Processing Plant Design & layout
The maximum size of the pilot plant is set by the amount of processed product needed in
order to test market acceptance.
9.2 Types and application
When product production in amounts large enough to conduct market acceptance tests is
required, the pilot plant is called a semi-commercial plant.
The most common applications of a pilot plant are as follows:
1. Product studies
Quality characterization
Influence of process conditions on product quality
Development of new products
Studies of market acceptance
Raw material characterization
Evaluation of aptitude for industrialization of different raw materials
Setting the most suitable process conditions from an economic point of view (cost
minimization) and a product quality point of view (to obtain a product of given
quality). Process technology is optimized.
Study of process equipment alternatives to carry out given food processing steps or
unit operations.
Development of new process technology.
Development of new process engineering or process equipment.
Reliable evaluation of mass and energy balances and food physical properties
Study of energy recovery possibilities in process systems
2. Raw material studies
3. Process technology and engineering studies
4. Auxiliary system requirement studies
Improvement and evaluation of alternatives for control systems
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