BIOTECH 3BP3 - Bioreactor Processes and Design

3 unit(s)

Overview of fermentation technology and bioprocessing, kinetics and thermodynamics of microbial processes. Mass transfer in immobilized systems. Analysis of batch and continuous processes, bioreactor design and analysis, operation and control, instrumentation, oxygen transfer, and scale up.
Four lectures, one lab (three hours); first term
Prerequisite(s): BIOTECH 2EC3, 3BC3, 3B03, and registration in level IV of the Biotechnology Co-op (B.Tech.) program