Transporting Operations of Food Materials within Food Factories

Prof. Seid Mahdi Jafari received his PhD in Food Process Engineering from the University of Queensland (Australia), in 2007. Now, he is afull-time Prof. in GUASNR (Iran) and part-time Prof. in SAAS (China).He has published more than 850 papers in International Journals (h-index=124in Scopus and 136 in Google Scholar) and 110 book chapters/40 books with Elsevier, Springer, and Taylor & Francis. Selected achievements:- One of the world’s highly cited researchers (1% top scientists) by Scopus (Elsevier)- One of the top national researchers by the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology- One of the world’s highly cited researchers (HCR; 0.1% top scientists) by Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science)- A top reviewer in the field of agricultural and biological sciences by Publons.Narjes Malekjani received her Ph.D. in Food Engineering from the University of Tehran in Iran in 2017. She has been teaching courses related to principles of food process engineering and food plant design for more than 10 years. Now, she is an academic member of the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Guilan in Iran. She currently has worked on more than 20 papers in international Food Science Journals as well as more than 10 book chapters published by international publishers.

• 1. Introduction to food materials handling within food factoriesSection 1: Receiving and storage facilities2. Storage vats, vessels, and tanks3. Pallets and bags4. Silos and binsSection 2: Liquid food transportation5. Fundamentals of pumping/piping6. Positive displacement pumps7. Centrifugal pumpsSection 3: Solid and semi- solid transportation8. Fundamentals of conveyors9. Different mechanical conveyors10. Pneumatic conveyors11. Hydraulic conveyors12. Bucket elevators and monorailsSection 4: General material handling machines in food plants13. Hand trucks, lift trucks, rich trucks14. Robotics