Q72: The capacity of a medium sized dairy plant ranges: - Dairy Process Equipment, Plant Design & Computer Applications - ICAR AIEEA PG Dairy Technology 09 July 2023 (Shift 1) Paper | Agrigyan

Capacity classification of dairy processing plants:

• $200$ to $1000\text{ L}$ represents micro-scale or farmstead pilot setups.
• $2000$ to $10000\text{ L/day}$ represents small-scale village/chilling centres.
• In dairy plant design, dairy plants are categorized as: Small scale ($\lt 20000\text{ L/day}$), Medium scale ($20000\text{ to } 100000\text{ L/day}$ or $20\text{--}100\text{ kLPD}$), and Large scale ($\gt 100000\text{ L/day}$ or mega-dairies).
• $200000$ to $1000000\text{ L}$ represents large/metro composite dairy plants.