This course will enable the students to build upon postgraduate level knowledge of technology involved in bioprocess engineering. The course shall impart the students with hands-on training in basic Microbiology and fermentation experimental set up and data analysis along with understanding of unit operations.
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25MBL328 |
Laboratory V: Bioprocess Engineering and Technology (Practical) |
CO152: Take part in isolation of microorganism from soil, scaling up of cultures and list the related instrumentation CO153:Mark the experimental set up of bioreactor and assess the parameters for growth kinetics, substrate and product inhibitors and residual substrates CO154: Analyze types of fermentation cultures along with unit operations and metabolic flux analysis and analytical techniques CO155: Identify and illustrate the various bioanalytical tools. CO156: Discuss and defend the concepts of Bioprocess Engineering and fermentation technology and illustrate the exercises performed with appropriate methods and outcomes and maintain proper documentation of the same. CO157: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Demonstrations
Learning activities for the students: Hands-on practical, Discussion, Reading of journals and protocols
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Class test, Semester end examinations Hands-on practical assessment, file making, viva voce |
Experiments based on:
Bioprocess Engineering and Fermentation Technology
1. Basic techniques
a) Scale up from frozen vial to agar plate to shake flask culture.
b) Instrumentation: Microplate reader, spectrophotometer, microscopy.
c) Isolation of microorganisms from soil samples.
2. Experimental set-up
a) Assembly of bioreactor and sterilization.
b) Growth kinetics.
c) Substrate and product inhibitions.
d) Measurement of residual substrates.
3. Data Analysis
a) Introduction to Metabolic Flux Analysis (MFA).
4. Fermentation
a) Batch.
b) Fed-batch.
c) Continuous.
5. Unit operations
a) Microfiltrations: Separation of cells from broth.
b) Bioseparations: Various chromatographic techniques and extractions.
6. Bioanalytics
a) Analytical techniques like HPLC, FPLC, GC, GC-MS etc. for measurement of amounts of products/substrates