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Bioreactors

Some basic information about the module

Cycle of education: 2022/2023

The name of the faculty organization unit: The faculty Chemistry

The name of the field of study: Chemical Technology

The area of study: technical sciences

The profile of studing:

The level of study: second degree study

Type of study: past time

discipline specialities : Chemical analysis in industry and environment, Engineering of polymer materials, Organic and polymer technology , Product and ecological process engineering, Technology of medicinal products

The degree after graduating from university: Master of Science (MSc)

The name of the module department : Department of Chemical Engineering and Process Control

The code of the module: 15640

The module status: mandatory for the speciality Product and ecological process engineering

The position in the studies teaching programme: sem: 2 / W18 P18 / 4 ECTS / E

The language of the lecture: Polish

The name of the coordinator: Prof. Dorota Antos, DSc, PhD, Eng.

The aim of studying and bibliography

The main aim of study: The goal of the project is to familiarize studenst with the knowledge in the scope of stoichiometry of microbial growth, kinetics of microbial growth, and designing bioreactors

The general information about the module: Student obtains knowledge in the scope of stoichiometry of microbial growth, kinetics of microbial growth, product formation, kinetics of enzymatic reaction, modeling of bioreactors including problems of mass transfer kinetics.

Bibliography required to complete the module
Bibliography used during lectures
1 B. Tabiś, R. Grzywacz Procesy i reaktory biochemiczne Politechnika Krakowska. 1993
2 K.W. Szewczyk Technologia biochemiczna OW Politechniki Warszawskiej. 1995
3 S. Aiba, A.E. Humphrey, N.F. Millis Inżynieria biochemiczna. WNT. 1997
4 K.W. Szewczyk Bilansowanie i kinetyka procesów biochemicznych OW Politechniki Warszawskiej. 2000
Bibliography used during classes/laboratories/others
1 Bałdyga J., M. Henczka, W. Podgórska Obliczenia w inżynierii bioreaktorów OW Politechniki Warszawskiej. 1996
Bibliography to self-study
1 M. Shuler, F Kargi Bioprocess Engineering Prentice-Hall. 2001

Basic requirements in category knowledge/skills/social competences

Formal requirements: Passing the courses on fundamentals of chemical engineering and reactors

Basic requirements in category knowledge: Basic knowledge of chemical and reaction engineering

Basic requirements in category skills: Student is able to formulate material balance equations for simple processes

Basic requirements in category social competences: Student is able to work in a team

Module outcomes

MEK The student who completed the module Types of classes / teaching methods leading to achieving a given outcome of teaching Methods of verifying every mentioned outcome of teaching Relationships with KEK Relationships with PRK
01 student has a knowledge on stoichiometry and kinetics of biochemical reactions and design of bioreactors, is able to design a bioreactor lecture test, realization of task K_W02+
K_W05+
K_W07+
K_W09+
K_K01+
P7S_KK
P7S_WG
02 The student has knowledge in the field of modelling of non-ideal reactors and computer-aided design of bioreactors. computer-aided project excecution ofcomputer simulations K_W05+
K_U10+
K_U13+
K_K01+
P7S_KK
P7S_UW
P7S_WG

Attention: Depending on the epidemic situation, verification of the achieved learning outcomes specified in the study program, in particular credits and examinations at the end of specific classes, can be implemented remotely (real-time meetings).

The syllabus of the module

Sem. TK The content realized in MEK
2 TK01 Definition of bioprocess engineering. Stoichiometry of microbial growth, oxygen balance. Kinetics of cells growth, product formation, kinetics of enzymatic reactions. Bioreactors: batch reactor, chemostat, chemostat with recycle, multistage chemostat systems, plug flow reactor, bubble- column reactors, fluidization reactors, membrane reactors. Designing of bioreactors. Scaling-up and scaling-down. wykład 30 h MEK01
2 TK02 Computer simulations of bioreactors, computer-aided design Projekt 30h MEK02

The student's effort

The type of classes The work before classes The participation in classes The work after classes
Lecture (sem. 2) The preparation for a test: 4.00 hours/sem.
contact hours: 18.00 hours/sem.
complementing/reading through notes: 10.00 hours/sem.
Studying the recommended bibliography: 10.00 hours/sem.
Project/Seminar (sem. 2) The preparation for projects/seminars: 15.00 hours/sem.
contact hours: 18.00 hours/sem..
Doing the project/report/ Keeping records: 15.00 hours/sem.
Advice (sem. 2)
Exam (sem. 2) The preparation for an Exam: 15.00 hours/sem.
The written exam: 1.00 hours/sem.

The way of giving the component module grades and the final grade

The type of classes The way of giving the final grade
Lecture Lecture - exam - OW
Project/Seminar execution of computer simulation
The final grade The final mark (OK) is calculated according to the formula: OK = 65%OW+ + 10%OL+25%OD

Sample problems

Required during the exam/when receiving the credit
(-)

Realized during classes/laboratories/projects
(-)

Others
(-)

Can a student use any teaching aids during the exam/when receiving the credit : no

The contents of the module are associated with the research profile: no