Introduction to bioprocess design, scale-up, and simulation

Bioprocess engineering scope and digital methodology

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Bioprocess engineering basic principles

Material and energy balances, fluid flow and residence time distribution, mass and heat transfer, enzymatic and cellular kinetics

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Introduction to microbial fermentation processes

Industrial fermentation processes. Microbial kinetics. Oxygen and CO2 in fermentors. Optimal operations of batch, continuous, fed-batch fermentations

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MICROBIAL FERMENTATION PROCESSES

Simulation, scale-up, and optimal operation of microbial fermentors

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Introduction to enzymatic bioconversion processes

Enzymes and whole-cells biocatalysts, industrial bioconversions, soluble and immobilized enzymes bioreactors, bioconversion costs

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ENZYMATIC BIOCONVERSION PROCESSES

Simulation, scale-up, and optimization of soluble and immobilized enzymes bioreactors 

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Introduction to animal cell culture processes

Appplications, cells, media, kinetics, culture systems, bioreactors operations, purification, quality, stem cells technology

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ANIMAL CELL CULTURE PROCESSES

Simulation, scale-up, and optimal operations of suspended and adherent animal cell bioreactors 

 

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE PROCESSES

Design, scale-up, and cost evaluation of recombinant proteins production processes 

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Bioprocess design and cost evaluation

Material balance, energy consumption, equipment sizing, investment and production cost, uncertainty analysis, bioprocess optimization

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Introduction to bioprocess Life Cycle Assessment

LCA methodology, material and energy inventories, impacts indicators

 

Life Cycle Assessment of bioprocesses and bioproducts

LCA scope and methodology, environmental impacts, material and energy inventories, impacts indicators, impacts allocation, comparative LCA