Bioreactor Design 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 bioreactor design is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BIOREACTOR DESIGN & MEDIA REQUIREMENTS 9
Microbial growth and product formation kinetics, Bioreactor Selection, Reactor operational mode and selection.
Unit II
DESIGN EQUATIONS FOR BIOREACTORS 9
Basic Design Equations/ Mole Balances: Batch, Fed-Batch and Repetitive Batch Reactors, Continuous: Stirred tank and tubular flow reactors, Microbial death kinetics, Design criterion for sterilization, Batch and continuous sterilization of medium, Multiple reactions-series, parallel and mixed-mode, Air sterilization
Unit III
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Unit IV
DESIGN OF BIOREACTORS 9
Process and mechanical design of Bioreactors, volume, sparger, agitator-type, size and motor power, heat transfer calculations for coil and jacket, sterilization system, scale-up, scale down, bioinstrumentation and control.
Unit V
NOVEL BIOREACTORS DESIGN 9
Design of Immobilized enzyme packed bed Reactor. Fluidized bed reactors, Slurry Reactors, Airlift & Loop reactors, Packed bed and Hollow fiber membrane bioreactors, Bioreactors for waste treatment processes; SSF bioreactors. bioreactor design considerations for plant and animal cell cultures.
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the students will be able to
- Compare kinetics and reaction rates for various bioreactor designs, based on operational mode and type of substrate.
- Differentiate and estimate productivity in commercial bioreactors- packed bed, fed batch reactors
- Helps to understand various requirements such as material of construction, valves, agitator, sensors etc
- Understanding the mechanical design and heat transfer calculations for various type of bioreactor
- Analyze immobilization techniques in reactors and use it for various applications
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
• Bioprocess Engineering -Kinetics, Biosystems, sustainability and reactor Design, Shijie Liu, Elsevier Publication 2013.
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