Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CH3412 : Fundamental of Biochemical Engineering { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Susmita Mishra
Syllabus
| Module 1 : |
Introduction to Microbiology: Structure of cells, types of cells, classifications of cells. |
| Module 2 : |
Introduction to biochemistry |
| Module 3 : |
Fermentation mechanisms and kinetics: Kinetic models of microbial growth and product formation Fermentation types: Batch and continuous fermentation |
| Module 4 : |
Bioreactors: Types of bioreactors and design |
| Module 5 : |
Sterilization: Sterilization of media and air, equipment, batch and continuous sterilizer design |
| Module 6 : |
Biochemical product separation and recovery: Membrane separation process, chromatographic method |
| Module 7 : |
Introduction to Biochemical process industries: Industrial alcohols, antibiotic, enzymes, vitamins, single cell process |
Course Objective
| 1 . |
To help the students to have basic knowledge in microbiology and biotechnology, |
| 2 . |
To enable the students to distinguish between chemical reaction engineering and biochemical engineering |
| 3 . |
To help the students to develop expertise to design any biochemical process with applications to bioprocess industries |
Course Outcome
| 1 . |
CO1: To discuss fundamental concepts in microbiology, bioreactors, and fermentation technology. |
| 2 . |
CO2: To summarize the concept of bioreactor design and analysis. |
| 3 . |
CO3: To interpret the enzyme kinetic data in different model equation and solve numericals. |
| 4 . |
CO4: To explain different sterilization techniques. |
| 5 . |
CO5: To discuss different techniques involved in downstream processing. |
Essential Reading
| 1 . |
G. Najafpour, Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Elsivier Science , 2006 |
| 2 . |
J E Bailey and D F Ollis, Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals, Mc Graw & Hills Publication , 1986 |
Supplementary Reading
| 1 . |
M. L. Shuler and F. Kargi, Bioprocess Engineering: Basic Concepts, Prentice Hall of India , 2001 |
| 2 . |
R. Dutta, Fundamentals of Biochemical Engineering, Springer , 2008 |
Journal and Conferences
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