Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / GM-212 - FOOD ENGINEERING

Code: GM-212 Course Title: REACTION KINETICS Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department FOOD ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer NESİMİ AKTAŞ (naktas@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To give the students knowledge about chemical and enzyme kinetics.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Students will be able to explain the general concepts of reaction kinetics. PO-1 Has the required minimum knowledge on the basic engineering issues related to Food Engineering.
PO-2 Identifies, defines and solves the problems related to his/her subject area.
PO-13 Has the required minimum knowledge and skills of food production processes, quality control, product quality improvement, product development and food analyses.
PO-14 Has the necessary knowledge and application skills in preventing or minimizing the important risks for food safety.
Examination
LO-2 Students will able to explain the control of reactions. PO-1 Has the required minimum knowledge on the basic engineering issues related to Food Engineering.
PO-2 Identifies, defines and solves the problems related to his/her subject area.
Examination
LO-3 Students will be able to do the calculations of thermal process. PO-1 Has the required minimum knowledge on the basic engineering issues related to Food Engineering.
PO-2 Identifies, defines and solves the problems related to his/her subject area.
PO-13 Has the required minimum knowledge and skills of food production processes, quality control, product quality improvement, product development and food analyses.
PO-14 Has the necessary knowledge and application skills in preventing or minimizing the important risks for food safety.
Examination
LO-4 Students will be able to solve the enzyme kinetic problems. PO-1 Has the required minimum knowledge on the basic engineering issues related to Food Engineering.
PO-2 Identifies, defines and solves the problems related to his/her subject area.
PO-13 Has the required minimum knowledge and skills of food production processes, quality control, product quality improvement, product development and food analyses.
PO-14 Has the necessary knowledge and application skills in preventing or minimizing the important risks for food safety.
Examination
LO-5 Students will be able to make the kinetic models. PO-1 Has the required minimum knowledge on the basic engineering issues related to Food Engineering.
PO-2 Identifies, defines and solves the problems related to his/her subject area.
PO-12 Grasps the universal and social affects of engineering solutions and applications.
PO-13 Has the required minimum knowledge and skills of food production processes, quality control, product quality improvement, product development and food analyses.
PO-14 Has the necessary knowledge and application skills in preventing or minimizing the important risks for food safety.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Definition of chemical reaction, General view to kinetic and thermodynamic concept, reaction velocity, parameters affect the reacrion rate, rate coefficient, activation energy, catalyst, reaction order, molecularity, mathematical and graphical determination of kinetic parameters, Enzymatic reactions, Parameters affect enzyme activity, Michaelis-Menten equation, Graphical determination of kinetic parameters for enzymatic reactions, enzyme inhibition and inhibition types.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Basic principles of kinetics Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
2 Theory of reaction rate Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
3 Reaction rate, consumption and generation rates Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
4 Effects of the major factors on reaction rate Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
5 Reaction order Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
6 Zero-order reactions Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
7 First-order reactions Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
8 mid-term exam
9 Second-order reactions Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
10 n. th.-order reactions Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
11 Kinetics of thermal processing Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
12 Relationship between chemical kinetics and thermal processing Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
13 Microbial death kinetics Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
14 Enzyme kinetics Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
15 Kinetics of food components Lecture, question and answer, problem solving
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Aktaş, N. 2008. Gıda Teknolojisinde Reaksiyon Kinetiği. Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Ofset Tesisi, Erzurum.
2 Earle, M. and Earle, R. 2003. Fundamentals of Food Reaction Technology. Leatherhead Int., Ltd., UK. Heldman, D. R. and Lund D. B. 1992. Handbook of Food Engineering. Marcel Dekker Inc., USA. Singh, R. P. and Heldman, D. R. 1993. Introduction to Food Engi
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 7 21
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 94