18BT732: Bioreactor Design Concepts BIOTECH Syllabus for BE 7th Sem 2018 Scheme VTU (Professional Elective-2)

Bioreactor Design Concepts detailed Syllabus for Biotechnology Engineering (BIOTECH), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.

For all the other VTU BIOTECH 7th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Biotechnology Engineering 7th Sem 2018 Scheme.

For all the (Professional Elective-2) subjects refer to Professional Elective-2 Scheme. The detail syllabus for bioreactor design concepts is as follows.

Course Objectives:

For the complete Syllabus, results, class timetable, and many other features kindly download the iStudy App
It is a lightweight, easy to use, no images, and no pdfs platform to make students’s lives easier.
.

Module 1

FUNDAMENTALS OF REACTOR DESIGN & MEDIA REQUIREMENTS: Microbial growth and product formation kinetics, Thermal death kinetics of microorganisms, Heterogeneous reaction kinetics, Enzyme kinetics, Multiple reactions-series, parallel and mixed. 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. Air sterilization

Module 2

BIOREACTOR REQUIREMENTS & NON ISOTHERMAL REACTORS: Fermentation Process-General requirements; Basic design and construction of fermenters and its ancillaries; Material of construction, Vessel geometry, Bearing assemblies, Motor drives, Aseptic seals; Flow measuring devices, Valves, Agitator and Sparger Design, Sensors. Bioprocess and bioreactor design considerations for plant and animal cell cultures. Effect of media on reactor design. Non-isothermal homogeneous reactor systems. Adiabatic reactors, batch and continuous reactors, optimum temperature progression

Module 3

Module 4

DESIGN OF FERMENTORS: Process and mechanical design of fermenters, volume, sparger, agitator-type, size and motor power, heat transfer calculations for coil and jacket, sterilization system.

Module 5

NOVEL BIOREACTORS DESIGN: Design of Immobilized enzyme packed bed Reactor. Fluidized bed reactors, Slurry Reactors, Air lift & Loop reactors, Packed bed and Hollow fiber membrane bioreactors, Bioreactors for waste treatment processes; Scale-up of bioreactors, SSF bioreactors. Conceptual numericals.

Course Outcomes:

Question paper pattern:

The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
Each full question will be for 20 marks.
There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

Bioprocess Engineering -Kinetics, Mass Transport, Reactors and Gene Expression Wolf R. Vieth A Wiley-Interscience Publication 1994
Chemical Kinetic Methods: Principles of relaxation techniques Kalidas C New Age International 1996
Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design Forment G F and Bischoff K B John Wiley 1990

Reference Books:

For the detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE (BIOTECH) 7th Sem, visit Biotechnology Engineering 7th Sem Subjects.

For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE/B.Tech results, visit VTU BE/B.Tech all semester results.

InI KA