- Bio-process: refers to the process involving conversion of input (biological materials) into output with the help of bioreactors Example of biological materials are cell, cell debris and enzymes like microbial cell, plants cell and animal cells.
- Engineering: Is a scientific field that involves taking scientific understanding of natural’s world and using it to invent, imaging, design and building thing that solve problems to make lives better and achieves practical goals
- Post-harvest: Refers to management practices that reduce product loss to spoilage or shrinkage which will reduce microbial risks. These include:
- Handling of biological materials and Products.
- Preservation of biological materials and products from microbes.
- Storage of biological materials (Ware House) and products (package).
- Processing and Value-Addition of biological materials.
- Transportation and Distribution of raw materials and products
- Properties of biological materials and Pest controls.
- Also Post harvest handling includes
- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) such as Packing facility sanitation example Building, Equipment and Storage.
- Water quality
- Worker hygiene.
- If you apply engineering to the whole process known as follows:-
- Input = Upstream processing involving basic chemical engineering principle like mole concepts, stoichiometry and formulation of Media and optimization like fermentation process and it’s aspects..
- Reactor engineering: These involve production engineering like microorganism growth and kinetics, designing of reactor equipment example fermentors, types of reactor and its seal up (Package).
- Downstream (Outputs): These involve flocculation process, filtrations, chromatography (color observation) process, centrifugation, distillation (separation), drying, and packing.
- Hence Bio-process and postharvest engineering: Is the field of science that focus on the industrial design (bioreactors, fermentors) and construction production process of Agricultural products involving the branch of science such as Agricultural Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and biotechnology
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- Is a scientific field study management practices in conversion of input into output by the helps of reactors and reduce products loss or microbial risks to spoilage through invention, imaging, designing and building thing that solve problems to make lives better and achieves practical goals. Specifically Bio-process technology study program covering in renewable and non renewable energy, research, Engineering, food processing, nutriceutical, Environments, Health’s, Medicine or pharmaceuticals, manufactures, industry managements, innovation, discovery developments, products developments, Increase value-addition of biomaterials for use by all industry, scale up and commercialization of products.
JOBS INDUSTRY OF BIO-PROCESS AND POSTHARVEST ENGINEERING
- Research in the laboratory: In the laboratory we work as a researcher where we conduct research in the field of food technology, Microbiology, Reactor and Drugs.
- Food and Non food processing plants and industry: these recall to all plant involving production of foods products example Breweries, Beverages and drinks (soft drinks), Meats processing, Hide and skin processing, Fish processing, Milk processing and Crop processing like Palm oil, sunflowers (oils), cottons (oils and fibers), coconuts (oils and fibers) , tea, , Sugarcane(Sugar extraction), cocoa, coffees, Sisals, Tobacco, and Jute processing and works as Plant designer, Processing Engineer and environment impacts assessment (EIA). Bio-process Engineer role is to improve the Quality food and Non food products such as Texture, Taste and its life span (shelf life).
- Biotechnology: The use of living system and organisms to develops or make products, these also apply any technological or applications that use biological systems or living organisms to modify products for specifics use Example Yeast for Breads and brewery Products, Lactobacillus for curd (yogurt), and Insulin for Diabetics.
- In quality control and quality assurance: In food processing plants and industries of cosmetics, fruit processing, Breweries, Beverages and drinks(soft drinks),Meats processing, Fish processing and oils refining industries. Through guide all processing steps, flow chart Diagram and Pre-requisite program me example GMP, GHP, and HACCP, including statistical process controls and Hazard analysis or HACCP plan.Pharmaceuticals: To discovers, develops, produces and market Drug or pharmaceutical drugs for use as a medicine.
- Bioprocess and postharvest Engineering is an opportunity to your life and change your life in General especially those who want to run Projects , start a business, Nutrition developments, lack of ideas especially those who Retire from Jobs or Publics services, industry and research.