Bioprocess Technology detailed syllabus for Chemical Engineering (CE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CE 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 Chemical Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to CE Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of bioprocess technology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO BIOPROCESS 9
Biologists and Engineers, comparison of chemical and biochemical processing overview of biological basics, About cells and its growth, the stoichiometry of microbial growth and product Bioprocesses: Regulatory Constraints
Unit II
MEDIA FORMULATION AND DEVELOPMENT 9
Media formulation, Media Sterilization: Methods of heat sterilization of media, thermal death kinetics, design criteria, batch and continuous sterilization. Air Sterilization: Methods of air sterilization, mechanism of air sterilization, solid and liquid handling. Industrially fermented broth
Unit III
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Unit IV
TRANSPORT PROCESSES 9
Aspects of rheology, Fluid flow in packed-bed and Fluidized bed columns, Gas-liquid mass transfer in cellular systems Diffusivity and mechanism of mass transfer – derivation of the equations of mass transport by diffusion-stationary and unsteady mass transport by diffusion, mass transfer coefficient, macroscopic balances for mass transport. Mechanisms and applications of heat transfer-mode of heat transfer-conduction, convection and radiation, Application of Heat and Mass transfer in biochemical processes.
Unit V
BIOETHICS AND BIOSAFETY 9
Introduction to Bioethics. Social and ethical issues, the process of biotechnology involved in generating new forms of life for informed decision making, Definition of Biosafety. Biosafety for human health and environment. Social and ethical issues. Use of genetically modified organisms and their release into the environment.
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the students will be able to
- understand the fundamental knowledge on bioprocess technology
- learn the the production process of biomolecules
- gather knowledge on the operations of bioreactors and their purposes
- understand the transportation processes in reactors and their behaviors
- knowledge on the biosafety and information on bioethics.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Transport Phenomena, by Bird R.B., Steward W.E., and Lightfoot E.N., John Wiley & sons, Inc., New York, 2002
- C J Geankoplis, Transport Processes and Separation Processes Principles, 4th Edition, New Jersey, PHI Publishers, 2010
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