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411-311 Biochemical and Environmental Engineering 2 | |
Credit Points | 7.1 |
Coordinator | Professor David Boger and Ms Joan Gravina |
Prerequisites | 411-203 Biochemical Engineering 1 or equivalent |
Corequisites | None |
Semester | 2 |
Contact | Three one-hour sessions per week (lectures or tutorials) |
Subject Description | The objective is to develop an understanding of the kinetics of enzyme and microbial processes and the factors affecting the design and operation of fermentation processes. Contents: Enzymic processes. Michaelis-Menten approach. Kinetics of enzyme inhibition. Immobilised enzymes. Batch microbial growth and product formation. Continuous culture. Microbial growth kinetics. Application of Monod model to batch and chemostat culture. Kinetics of product formation. Maintenance energy and endogenous respiration. Design of fermentation processes. Medium formulation and inoculum preparation. Industrial sterilisation processes. Calculation of sterility level. HTST sterilisation. Design of continuous sterilisers. Air sterilisation. Vessel design for aseptic operation. Fermenter design configurations. Aeration of fermenters. Oxygen requirements of microorganisms. Mixing in fermenters. Biochemical separation processes. |
Assessment | One examination not exceeding three-hours at the end of semester two |
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