Bioprocess Control and Instrumentation detailed syllabus for Biotechnology (BioTech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BioTech students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biotechnology 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BioTech 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to BioTech Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of bioprocess control and instrumentation is as follows.
Unit I
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Unit II
OPEN LOOP SYSTEMS 9
Laplace transformation, application to solve ODEs. Open-loop systems, first order systems and their transient response for standard input functions, first order systems in series, linearization and its application in process control, second order systems and their dynamics; transportation lag.
Unit III
CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS 9
Closed loop control systems, development of block diagram for feed-back control systems servo and regulatory problems, transfer function for controllers and final control element
Unit IV
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Unit V
ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL AND BIOSENSORS 9
Introduction to advanced control systems, cascade control, feed forward control On-line analysis of process parameters; Introduction to biosensors; Transduction principles used in biosensors; Characteristics of biosensors; Biosensors based on amperometric, potentiometric, thermistor FET, fiber optics and bioluminescence; Microbial biosensors; Fundamentals of digital process control; Use of computer in control and optimization of microbiological processes. Artificial neural networking and use in prediction of bioprocess and control
Text Books:
- Stephanopoulos, G., “Chemical Process Control“, Prentice Hall of India, 2003.
- Coughnowr, D., “ Process Systems Analysis and Control “,. 3rd ed., McGraw Hill, 2008.
- Sensors in Bioprocess Control (Biotechnology and Bioprocessing Series) by John Twork , 2020
Reference Books:
- Process Control Instrumentation Technology (8th Edition) by Curtis Johnson ,2008
- Marlin, T. E., “ Process Control “, IInd Edn, McGraw Hill, New York, 2000.
- Smith, C. A. and Corripio, A. B., “Principles and Practice of Automatic Process Control”,IInd Edn., John Wiley, New York, 1997.
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