Courses Handbook 2009

309301 (v.1) ChE 571 Special Topics (Bioprocessing)


Area: Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s): 307446 (v.2) ChE 471 Special Topics (Bioprocessing) or any previous version
Syllabus: Introduction, cultivation, batch and continuous reactors, solid-state fermentations, scale-up of bioreactors, instrumentation and control, sterilisation of process fluids, recovering and purifying products, integration of reaction and separation, structure and biochemistry of animal cells, products of animal cell cultures, plant cells in culture, bioreactors for suspension cultures and organised tissues, influence of product on process design, choosing host-vector systems and genetic instability.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 030301 Chemical Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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