Course Objectives:

The objective of this course is to teach the students the principles of chemical engineering, preparation of inoculum and fermentor, bioreactors for plant and mammalian systems and downstream process for product recovery.



Course Contents:

Application of engineering principles in biological processes; exponential function representation by log log and semi logarithm graphs; units and dimensions; concepts of pressure, viscosity and flow; basic laws of Fourier mixing, Reynolds number; viscous and turbulent flow; friction factor and head loses during flow; mechanism of heat transfer. Problems of large-scale operation; types of fermenters; extraction methods and equipment: centrifugation, filtration evaporation, drying. Principles of biotransformation.

 

Course Impacts:

The students will be able to understand the basic principles underlying the construction of bioprocessors and their operation on pilot as well as large scale.