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Course code: NBSS10138o15Semester: 2015/2016 winter
Name: Apparatus in biotech industries
Major: Biotechnology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Waldemar Rymowicz
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: The aim of the course is to provide the students with knowledge about various kind of bioreactors, apparatus for membrane processes and tools for removing water from biological materials.
Competences: Work in the laboratory with selected experimental techniques that are applied in technical microbiology.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge in general microbiology
Course content: Criteria of the bioreactors identity. Characteristic of different types of bioreactors including stirred, packed-bed, air-lift and photo bioreactors. Bioreactors used in Solid-State-Fermentation. Characteristic of the membrane processes including microfiltration, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis. Membranes and membrane modules used in the membrane processes. Methods of the removing water from the biological materials. Ion-exchange and adsorptive chromatography.
Recommended literature: 1. Mikrobiologia techniczna, tom II, Red. Libudzisz Z., Kowal K., Wyd. PŁ, Łódź 2000, 2. Biotechnologia żywności, Red. Bednarski W., Reps A., WNT, Warszawa 2001, 3. Artykuły przeglądowe i oryginalne w czasopismach naukowych, 4. Biotechnologia roślin. Red. Malepszy S., Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2001, 5. Biotechnologia, substancje biologicznie czynne, technologia, aparatura. Red. Viesturs U.E. Wydawnictwo Naukowo-Techniczne Warszawa 1987, 6. Biotechnologia. Podstawy mikrobiologiczne i biochemiczne, Chmiel A., PWN 1998
Assessment methods: Examination.
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