Barrier Membranes for Food Applications
Code
10192
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Química
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Isabel Maria Rola Coelhoso
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
- To acquire general concepts about Barrier Membranes
- To be able to model mass transport in complex Barrier Membrane systems
- To acquire knowledge about emerging materials for Barrier Membranes
- To acquire knowledge about emerging applications for Barrier Membranes
- Understand how a specific problem may be approached by the Industry
Subject matter
- Introduction and general concepts
- Development of flakes (including reactive flakes)
- Development of Barrier Membranes
- Transport mechanisms in Barrier Membranes
- Selected case-studies of Barrier Membranes for Food Applications
- New challenges in Barrier Membranes development
Bibliography
Specialized scientific journals
Evaluation method
The evaluation includes:
- Laboratory sessions (2) and corresponding reports and discussion – group of 3 students.
- Proposal of a scientific project and oral presentation and discussion - individual.
- Tests (2) - individual
The final grade is composed by 25% of the grade obtained in the lab sessions (average value of the two experimental works) +25% of the grade obtained in the proposal +50% of the grade obtained in the tests (average value of the two tests).
In each component of the evaluation the grade has to be >=9.5, in a scale 0-20.