SCHOOL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHEMICAL & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Vellore 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India.

Bioprocess Principles Version No. Course Prerequisites Objectives: LTPC: 3 0 4 5

1.0.0 +2 Biology / Introduction to Life Sciences 1. To develop skills in the area of bioprocess technology. 2. The students will be able to identify different types of bioreactors, apply basic material and energy balances to bioprocesses Expected Outcome: 1. Understand the basic features of unit operations involved in Bioprocessing. 2. Understand population growth kinetics 3. Discriminate between different types of bioreactors and understand their basic characteristics 4. Understand metabolic stoichiometry and Energetics Unit No. 1 Introduction Number of hours: 9 Overview of fermentation industry, general requirements of fermentation processes, basic configuration of Fermentor and ancillaries, main parameters to be monitored and controlled in fermentation processes. Unit No. 2 Raw Materials And Media Design For Number of hours: 9 Fermentation Process Criteria for good medium, medium requirements for fermentation processes, carbon, nitrogen, minerals, vitamins and other complex nutrients, oxygen requirements, medium formulation of optimal growth and product formation, examples of simple and complex media, design of various commercial media for industrial fermentations - medium optimization methods Unit No. 3 Sterilization Number of hours: 9 Thermal death kinetics of microorganisms, batch and continuous heat, sterilization of liquid media, filter sterilization of liquid media, Air, Design of sterilization equipment. Unit No. 4 Metabolic Stoichiometry and Energetics Number of hours: 9 Stoichiometry of Cell growth and product formation, elemental balances, degrees of reduction of substrate and biomass, available electron balances, yield coefficients of biomass and product formation, maintenance coefficients energetic analysis of microbial growth and product formation, oxygen consumption and heat evolution in aerobic cultures, thermodynamic efficiency of growth. Unit No. 5 Kinetics of microbial growth and product Number of hours: 9 formation Phases of cell growth in batch cultures, Simple unstructured kinetic models for microbial growth, Monod model, Growth of filamentous organisms. Growth associated (primary) and non-growth associated (secondary) product formation kinetics, Leudeking-Piret models, substrate and product inhibition on cell growth and product formation. Introduction to Structured Models for growth and product formation. Text Books Shuler and Kargi, Bioprocess Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1992 2. Bailey and Ollis, Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals, McGraw Hill. 2nd Ed. 1986. References Pauline Doran, Bioprocess Engineering Calculation. Blackwell Scientific Publications. 2. Peter. F., Stanbury, Stephen J. Hall & A. Whitaker, Principles of Fermentation Technology, Science & Technology Books. No. Experiment 1. Determination of optimum temperature of Enzymes 2. 3. 4. 5. Determination of optimum pH of Enzyme Determination of optimum Enzyme - substrate concentration. Determiantion of Activity of an enzyme. Study of enzyme kinetics of Enzymes

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SCHOOL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHEMICAL & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Vellore 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Mode of Evaluation Recommended by the Board of Studies on Date of Approval by the Academic Council Effect of Heat treatment on Enzymes Immobilization of enzymes - using Sodium Alginate Methods of cell biomass estimation Media optimization - using Plackett - Burman method. Media optimization - response surface methodology Announced / Unannounced Quiz / tests, Assignments and Written Examination 13th November 2008

Proceedings of the 16th Academic Council held on 25.11.2008