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CHEE 380 Biochemical Engineering Units: 3.50
Biochemical Engineering involves the application of Chemical Engineering principles and approaches to biologically based systems and processes. Biochemical Engineering is central to the area of environmental engineering, and to biotechnology processes which produce pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and genetically engineered products. The course involves a systematic and quantitative description of medium formulation and sterilization, microbial kinetics and bioreactor design, product isolation and purification, and examples of current industrial practices and processes.
(Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
(Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
Requirements: Prerequisites: CHEE 221 or permission of the Chemical Engineering department.
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Offering Term: F
CEAB Units:
Mathematics 0
Natural Sciences 0
Complementary Studies 0
Engineering Science 30
Engineering Design 12
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Design culture medium based on nutritional requirements of microbial cells.
- Specify design criteria for medium sterilization and solve problems involving both batch and continuous sterilization.
- Apply the principles of microbial growth kinetics in bioreactors.
- Simulate and evaluate bioreactor performance.
- Apply mass and heat transfer correlations to bioreactor design.
- Design a complete bioreactor based on targets, constraints and physical properties.
- Identify suitable process instrumentation for monitoring and control of bioreactors.
- Know and select process unit operations for product recovery and purification.