Purification and concentration techniques

Duration

18h Th, 6h AUTR

Number of credits

Lecturer

Patrick Fickers

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

- Membrane technologies: electrodialysis, ultrafiltration microfiltration, reverse osmosis
- Centrifugation/decentation
- Protein chromatography
- Precipitation

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course developped the main principles of the purification and concentration techniques. Different examples related to food industries, bio-industries and depolluting industries are cited.
After completing the course the student is expected to
to choose the technology of separation and concentration adapted to a given application and to propose conditions of implementation of selected technology

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Knowledges in microbiology and biochemistry

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures Exercices sessions

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Power-point files presented during lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Prof. Patrick Fickers
Microbial Processes and Interactions (MiPI) 
 Ph: 081 622311 (direct),  081 622305 (secretariat)
E-mail: pfickers@ulg.ac.be

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