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JNTUK B. Tech Biochemical Reaction Engineering–I for R13 Batch.

JNTUK B.Tech Biochemical Reaction Engineering–I gives you detail information of Biochemical Reaction Engineering–I R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.

UNIT I: FUNDAMENTALS OF REACTION ENGINEERING
Concept of order, molecularity of a reaction, searching a mechanism for a reaction, evaluation of rate constants, factors affecting reaction rates – pH, temperature using Arrhenius equation.
LO: To understand the basics of rate of reaction.
LA: Assessment by evaluating the rate of different reactions.

UNIT II: REACTIONS INVOLVING CELLS – I
Growth Kinetics – batch, fed-batch and continuous mode of operation in reaction system, evaluation of kinetic parameters Monod’s equation- parameters, death rate of cell-batch and continuous sterilization.
LO: To understand the growth kinetics in batch, fed batch, continuous systems.
LA: Assessment by deriving the kinetics.

UNIT III: REACTIONS INVOLVING CELLS -II
Stoichiometry of cell growth and product formation – elemental and available electron balances, degrees of reduction, maintenance coefficient, online data analysis for measurement of biochemical parameters, state and parameter estimation technique.
LO: To study Stoichiometry of cell growth and product formation.
LA: Assessment by Stoichiometry analysis.

UNIT IV: MULTIPLE REACTIONS
Parallel series, series – parallel reactions, calculation of yield and selectivity, role of thermodynamic parameters, metabolic flux analysis, basic concepts of structured model and introduction to cybernetic models, Design principles-non isothermal reactions and pressure effects, concepts of residence time distribution, micro mixing and macro mixing.
LO: To demonstrate the thermodynamic properties & principles of various reactions
LA: Assessment by derivations and calculations.

UNIT V: MECHANISMS AND KINETICS OF ENZYME ACTION
Mechanisms of Enzyme Action: Concept of active site and energetics of enzyme Kinetics, substrate complex formation; Specificity of enzyme action: Kinetics of single substrate reactions, turnover number and estimation of Michaelis-Menten’s parameters. Importance of KM, Multi-substrate reaction mechanisms and kinetics. Types of Inhibition – kinetic models; Substrate and Product Inhibition, Allosteric regulation of enzymes, Deactivation kinetics.
LO: To study the various kinetics and inhibitions of enzymes.
LA: Assessment by deriving the kinetics and demonstrating the inhibitions of enzymes.

UNIT VI: MASS TRANSFER EFFECTS IN IMMOBILIZED ENZYME
Brief overview of immobilization techniques: Immobilization techniques, Influence of different parameters on Immobilized reaction kinetics. Analysis of Film and Pore Diffusion Effects on kinetics of Immobilized Enzyme Reactions, calculation of Effectiveness Factors, Thiele modulus.
LO: To demonstrate the Mass Transfer Effects in Immobilized Enzyme.
LA: Assessment by deriving the kinetics of diffusion.

NOTE: In all units relevant basic numerical problems should be practiced.

TEXT BOOKS

  • Harvey W. Blanch, Douglas S. Clark, Biochemical Engineering, Marcecel Dekker, 2007.
  • O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd edition, wiley, Newyork, 1998.
  • P. M. Doran Bioprocess Engineering principles, 2nd edition, academic Press, London, 2012.
  • D. G. Rao, Introduction to Biochemical Engineering, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2005
  • K. A. Gavhane, Chemical Reaction Engineering–I, 2nd edition, Nirali Prakashan, 2006.
  • J. Nielsen, J. Villadsen and G. Liden Bioreaction Engineering Principles, Springer International, 2nd edition, 2003.
  • G. Hammes, Thermodynamics and kinetics for the biological sciences, 2nd edition, Wiley – VCH, 2000

REFERENCES

  • H. Scott Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, 2005.
  • J. M. Smith, Chemical Engineering Kinetics, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill, 1981.
  • M. L. Shuler and F. Kargi Bioprocess Engineering: basic concepts, 2nd edition, TBS Publishers, 2001.
  • H. J. Fromm Initial rate Enzyme kinetics, reprint Springer-verlog, 1st edition, Berlin 2012.

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