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Course code: NBSS10109o12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Bioprocess Engineering
Major: Biotechnology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 6
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 45 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Marta Pasławska
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Students are familiar with basic rules and calculation rudiments for parameters connected with mechanical and thermal-mass proceedings in Bioprocess Engineering. Students are capable to determine flow parameters of different biotechnological media and to characterize mass and heat transfer during this process.
Competences: On ending the course students understand which technical parameters are relevant for designing bioprocesses and how to measure these parameters. Students are able to do design calculations for typical centers of biotechnological installation, including flow parameters, refrigeration systems, heat exchangers and humidification systems. They can choose an adequate apparatus and can propose optimal physical conditions to carry on the bioprocess.
Prerequisites: Mathematics, Physics, Physical Chemistry
Course content: Rheology and flow of biotechnological medium, hydrodynamics of biomass aeration, stirring of liquids in bioreactors, Special types of liquid-movement: sedimentation, filtration, centrifugation, two- and three-phase flow, layer flow, fluidization. Heat and mass transport. Diffusion, distillation, crystallization, extraction. Transformation of technical parameters from small to the large scale.
Recommended literature: 1. Koch R., Noworyta A.: Procesy mechaniczne w inżynierii chemicznej, WNT W-wa 1992; 2. Kramkowski R.: Inżynieria i aparatura przemysłu spożywczego, skrypt AR; 3. Lewicki P.: Inżynieria procesowa i aparatura przemysłu spożywczego, WNT W-wa 1999; 4. Moody G.W., Baker P.B.: Bioreactors and biotransformations, Elservier Applied Science Publishers LTD, New York 1987.
Assessment methods: Written exam, minimum 60% to pass the course.
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