CL4538 - Bioprocess Engineering

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Discipline of Chemical Engineering

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 Outcomes

• to gain an appreciation of some typical bioprocess systems, such as waste water treatment and industrial fermentation;
• to introduce students to the industrial applications of bioprocess engineering;
• to provide students with a sound technical basis in bioprocess engineering.

Prerequisites:

CL3010 and CL3021 and CL3030

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Phil Schneider
Contact hours:	65 hours - Lectures, tutorials, demonstrations, practicals, site visits and/or seminars. Refer to Subject Outline for details.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50% - 70%); on-course assessment, some of which may be invigilated (30% - 50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.