This Bioprocess Engineering course is intended for 3rd year students and focuses on the use of biocatalysts in production and material transformation. The aims of this course are for students to gain fundamental knowledge of enzymes and microorganisms used as biocatalysts, and reaction kinetics and fermentation balance from an engineering perspective. Also, process operation of bioreactor using microorganisms, sterilization process, and bioseparation are explained.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) give an overview of microbial characteristics and its utilization in industrial process
2) explain characteristics of enzyme and its reaction kinetics
3) explain characteristics of microbial fermentation and its general kinetics
4) understand bioreactor design and its operation
5) explain sterilization methods and set treatment conditions
6) explain separation methods of bioproducts
Microorganism, Enzyme, Metabolism, Reaction kinetics, Fermentation balance, Bioreactor, Bioseparation
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Toward the end of class, students are given exercise problems related to what is taught in the class.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Bioprocess - Introduction and overall picture | Overview biocatalysts utilization in industrial process |
Class 2 | Microbial metabolism | Explain carbon metabolism and energy metabolism |
Class 3 | Enzyme characteristics and processes | Explain characteristics of enzyme and its reaction kinetics |
Class 4 | Microbial fermentation | Explain characteristics of microorganisms and its growth kinetics |
Class 5 | Fermentation balance, reaction kinetics | Explain characteristics of microbial fermentation using bioreactor and its operating condition |
Class 6 | Sterilization | Explain sterilization methods and set treatment conditions |
Class 7 | Bioseparation | Explain separation methods of bioproducts |
Class 8 | Exercise problems to assess the student's level of understanding on what has been taught so far | Revise the course contents using the exercise problems to better understand the topics covered, and evaluate one's own progress |
Kenji Hashimoto. Hannou Kougaku. Tokyo: Baifukan. ISBN-10: 4563045187.
Hajime Unno, Kazuhiro Nakanishi eds. Yasunori Tanji, Masanao Imai, Masafumi Yohda, Hiroyasu Ogino. "Biological Chemical Engineering" 3rd edition, Tokyo:Kodansha, ISBN 978-4-06-139831-3.
Takeshi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Honda. "Biological Chemical Engineering" Tokyo:Tokyo Kagaku Dojin. ISBN 4-8079-1427-8.
Exercise problesm (30%), Examination (70%)
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