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CL4538:03

Bioprocess Engineering

Townsville

HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 26 hours tutorials, 26 hours practicals. Semester 2.

Important industrial fermentation and microbial processes; biochemical and molecular biological concepts reviewed; enzyme kinetics; microbial growth and fermentation kinetics; batch, fed-batch and continuous culture modelling; aeration and mass transfer; immobilised cell culture; operation, monitoring and control of fermentation systems; downstream processing; bioprocess design and economics.

Learning Objectives:

to introduce students to the industrial applications of bioprocess engineering;

to provide students with a sound technical basis in bioprocess engineering;

to gain an appreciation of some typical bioprocess systems, such as waste water treatment and industrial fermentation.

Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).