Information Package / Course Catalogue
Oil and Fat Technology
Course Code: FE306
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to provide the basic principles of vegetable oil extraction and refining and solid oil production systems and the elements of quality assurance and control in the oil production process. The objectives of the course are to introduce national and international technological developments in the oil production process and the status of the oil industry sector and to adopt the basic operations applications in oil technology processes.

Course Content

Oil chemistry, degradation reactions in oils, storage of oil seeds and fruits, crude oil production from oil seeds, olive oil production technology, oil refining, oil modification techniques, margarine production technology, vegetable oil sector, developments in oil technology.

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