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BIO-3606: Economic Engeneering applied to marine products Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master''s level. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Examination semester
Spring | Objectives
The students should acquire knowledge about equipment, processing lines and economics in seafood processing. The aim is to achieve safer and better seafood products at lower cost through knowledge of in processes, management, storage and distribution. | Contents
Economic engineering is a field, incorporating knowledge of engineering and basic micro-economics. Fish technologists involved in designing and operating fish plants are frequently faced with the following questions: Which design, among the various investment alternatives, should be selected? Should the equipment currently being used be replaced by new equipment? And if so, how soon? Are the expected benefits sufficient to justify investment? Investments in capital goods, the costs of production and their profitability are considered qualitatively and quantitatively. A brief micro-economic analysis of production is included. In the fishery industry there are other necessary conditions. Fish as food, the ultimate objective of the fishery industry, should also be safe and of the quality required by consumers and public regulations. Fish consumers are changing attitudes. This has many implications for the fishery industry, in particular the need to compete in markets that require safer sea foods of increasing quality, without great changes in relative prices.
The toolbox needed when designing seafood process lines and determining sensible operating conditions is presented. Develop a product specification data sheet and assign preliminary limits to measurable characteristics. Identifying raw material (quality parameter) requirements. Identify the key transformations and processes operations needed to produce the product from these materials. Draw a flowsheet to illustrate the flow of different material streams through the process. Choose a basis and calculate preliminary mass balance estimates for all streams. Refine the flow sheet if needed. The level of detail should at this point show each unit operation in separate steps. Evaluate potential alternative processes to produce the desired product. For each part of the process, estimate the size of equipment you require. Estimate the purchase costs (first costs) of your process line. Estimate how much it costs each process to run (second costs). Present the result.
| Compulsory prerequisites
BED-0001 Basic Business Administration, MTE-2002 Production engineering | Form of teaching
The course has multiple teaching approaches | Exam and assessment
Term paper | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request | Course overlap
F-263 -1 9 sp |
Teaching spring 2006
Første fremmøte 2. februar kl. 12.15, rom D-109, NFH |
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