- Course unit code:
- N423Z5_4B
- Course unit title:
- Fundamentals of Biochemical Engineering
- Mode of delivery, planned learning activities and teaching methods:
- lecture – 2 hours weekly (on-site method)
laboratory practice – 2 hours weekly (on-site method)
- Credits allocated:
- 4
- Recommended semester:
- Chemical Engineering – bachelor (full-time, attendance method), 5. semester
Automation, Information Engineering and Management in Chemistry and Food Industry – bachelor (full-time, attendance method), 5. semester
- Level of study:
- 1.
- Prerequisites for registration:
- none
- Assesment methods:
- Written tests
- Learning outcomes of the course unit:
- The basic principles of bioreaction kinetics and basic calculations of principal types of homogeneous biochemical reactors: batch, continuous fed batch and continuous stirred tanks.Sterilisation of bioreactors
- Course contents:
- Fundamentals of enzyme kinetics, growth of biomass, transport phenomena in bioreactors, basic types of bioreactors
- Recommended or required reading:
Basic:
- MUNTEAN, O. Biochemical Technology. Bucurest: Printech, 2003. 252 s. ISBN 973-652-899-5.
- BÁLEŠ, V. – MÉSZÁROS, A. – POLAKOVIČ, M. – ŠTEFUCA, V. – MUNTEAN, O. Biochemické technológie: Biochemical Technologies. Bratislava : AB-ART, 2003. 128 s. ISBN 80-89006-75-2.
- BÁLEŠ, V. – KOSSACZKÝ, E. Bioinžinierstvo kvasných procesov. Bratislava : SVŠT v Bratislave, 1986. 176 s.
- BÁLEŠ, V. Modelovanie bioreaktorov. Bratislava : SVŠT v Bratislave, 1990.
- Language of instruction:
- Slovak, English
- Assessed students in total:
157
A 35.7 %
B 23.6 %
C 21.7 %
D 14.6 %
E 3.8 %
FX 0.6 %
- Course supervisor:
- prof. Ing. Milan Polakovič, CSc.
- Last modification:
- 19. 9. 2019
Department:
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
AIS: 2024/2025
2023/2024
2021/2022
2019/2020
2018/2019
2017/2018