Credits: 1 (1-0-0)
Prerequisites: Undergraduate or M.Sc. level in Biochem/ Biology or Chem. Engg.
Description
Definitions of volumetric and specific rates. Yield and productivity of bioprocesses. Coupling of steady state black box stoichiometrics. Metabolic Flux Analysis. Transient operation, and the sensitivity of coupled enzymatic reactions to changes in the pathway flux. Design of bio-reactors with volumetric isotropy. The role of mixing in industrial bio-reactions. Large scale processes.