302291 (v.3) ChE 379 Special Topics (Biochemical Engineering)

Area:

Department of Chemical Engineering

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

4.0

** 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:

2 x 2 Hours Fortnightly

Anti Requisite(s):

304768 (v.2) ChE 579 Special Topics or any previous version

Prerequisite(s):

302240 (v.3) ChE 227 Process Principles or any previous version
AND
302252 (v.3) ChE 213 Process Engineering Materials or any previous version
AND
302253 (v.3) ChE 327 Process Heat Transfer or any previous version

Syllabus:

Introduction to biology and microbiology (cell structure and micro-organisms). Cell chemistry, amino acids, carbohydrates, fats and lipids, protein structure and functions. Molecular biology, role and structure of RNA and DNA, mutation and genetic engineering. Energetics and metabolism (mechanisms and mathematical modelling). Enzymes and their catalytic activity, kinetic of a single substrate reaction. Enzyme inhibition, denaturation and inactivation. Methods of cell immobilisation. External and internalmass transfer limitations in bioprocesses. Stoichiometry of microbial growth. Unstructured models of microbial growth. Structured models of microbial growth. CSTR for bioprocesses. Enzyme catalysis in a CSTR. Chemostats in series. Plug flow and packed bed bioreactors. Gas-liquid mass transfer in bioreactors. Mass balance for two-phase bioreactors. Evaluation of mass transfer coefficient kLa and power requirements in bioreactors.

** 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

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External