2019-2020 / CHIM9241-1

Purification and concentration techniques

Duration

18h Th, 6h AUTR

Number of credits

 Bachelor in bioengineering2 crédits 

Lecturer

Patrick Fickers

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

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

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

The courses are given remotely via LifeSize using the course notes available on eCampus (power point files) and according to the schedule included in CelCAT. The teacher communicates to the students the content that will be covered in the next course. Students are invited to browse the corresponding course notes. During LifeSize sessions, the teacher details the course subjects and answers students' questions, which can be sent by email (pfickers@uliege.be) beforehand. LifeSize connection settings are communicated to students by email.

Assessment subjects

The material for the evaluation (examination) corresponds to that included in the power point files available on eCampus (namely the chapters on electrodialysis, filtration, centrifugation, chromatography, precipitation). The numerical exercises on filtration and centrifugation are not subject to examination.

Assessment methods

The assessment will be written. Students will have access to the course notes (power point files) or other documents. Students will receive the exam questionnaire by email according to the schedule defined in CelCAT. A student representative must communicate to the teacher the list of each student's preferred email address before the last lesson. On the day of the exam, students will confirm by return email to pfickers@uliege.be that the exam questionnaire has been received. They will then have a defined time to answer the exam questionnaire. Two options are possible; either the student responds on white paper in handwriting by writing legibly and using black ink, or he uses a word processor. Before the time runs out, students must send their response by e-mail to the teacher (pfickers@uliege.be) either as a word file or as a photo file of the JPEG, TIFF or PDF type (photo of the exam copy taken with a mobile phone for example) of their handwritten answer. The names of the course and the student must be mentioned in the subject line of the email. The teacher will confirm by return e-mail that the exam copy has been received.
 

Contacts

pfickers@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Similar as in June session

Assessment methods

Similar as in June session

Contacts

pfickers@uliege.be

Items online

notes on e campus
notes on e campus