636-0115-00L  Biochemical Engineering

SemesterFrühjahrssemester 2018
DozierendeS. Panke, W. Minas
Periodizitätjährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung
LehrspracheEnglisch


KurzbeschreibungThe course covers the fundamentals of implementing biotechnological reactions and cultivations into reactors and major methods of product purification.
LernzielThe objective is to instruct students in the key concepts that are required for efficient application of biotechnological systems (enzymes and cells) for the production of chemicals and proteins.
InhaltEnzyme kinetics – mass transfer in heterogeneous systems – enzyme reactors – residence time distributions - upstream processing of fermentation processes – ideal reactors – macrokinetics - gas transfer – membrane processes – chromatography
SkriptHandouts and text book references will be provided over the course.
LiteraturEg Pauline Doran, Bioprocess Engineering, Clark & Blanch, Biochemical Engineering, Harrison and Todd, Bioseparation Science and Engineering