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| BIOC0007-1 | Industrial applications of biotechnologies
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| Duration : | 25h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Michel Crine, Frank Delvigne |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| This course aims to introduce the basic principles for modeling biological reactors.
It addresses firstly the basic concepts of biochemical engineering for writing the mass balance in a biological reactor:
- Notions of ideal mixing states and operating modes such as continuous stationary, batch and fed-batch.
- Taking into account the kinetic parameters µ and Yxs
- Writing mass balances for different operating modes of the reactors.
Then, the course discusses the interactions between physical processes (hydrodynamics, mixing):
- Highlighting of the physical-biological interactions to guide the scaling-up of bioreactors
- Simulation of reactors and microbial reactions on MatLab (understanding of algorithms for solving differential equations systems)
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, students will be able to model a biological reactor at the macroscopic level and perform simulations in MatLab.
They will also be able to detect the physico-chemical parameters with the greatest impact on the basis of the studied microbial processes, and to guide the scaling-up procedure. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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- Mathematics (prerequisite)
- Microbiology (prerequisites)
- Process engineering (recommended)
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course is based on ex-cathedra lectures devoted to present the basic concepts necessary for the analysis and mathematical representation of mass balances in a biological reactor. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face to face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The course material is available on the eCampus website under the form of pdf files. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| An exam is held in January. It consists of a written test only. The evaluation focuses on the understanding of concepts and links between them rather than on the ability of restitution. The development of a precise reasoning, however, implies a solid grasp of theoretical concepts.
The entire exam has to be done at closed book. Exercices notes and forms are not allowed.
The second session is organized the same way as the January exam. The mark obtained for the laboratory report is maintained. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Lectures are organized during the first quadrimester. |
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Contacts :
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| Michel CRINE
Laboratoire de Génie chimique, B6c
e-mail : M.Crine@ulg.ac.be(m.crine@ulg.ac.be
Tél : 04.366.35.59
Frank DELVIGNE
Bio-industries, G1
e-mail : )F.Delvigne@ulg.ac.be(f.delvigne@ulg.ac.be
Tél : 081.62.23.11) |
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