Bioprocess Engineering
Code: 43322 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4314579 Biological and Environmental Engineering | OB | 1 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- David Gabriel Buguña
- Email:
- david.gabriel@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
Teachers
- Pau Ferrer Alegre
- María Eugenia Suarez Ojeda
- Teresa Gea Leiva
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this subject
Objectives and Contextualisation
The main objective of the module is that the student assimilates the importance of the biotechnological processes in the current situation and its potential in the future of our society. The student will have to understand the crucial role of the engineering of bioprocesses in the industry of the 21st century as well as to know how to value the advantages, disadvantages, weaknesses and opportunities that the biological alternative supposes both in industrial processes of bioproducts or biorefineries as in the processes of treatment of waste effluents.
Competences
- Apply methods, tools and strategies to develop biotechnological processes and products with energy-saving and sustainability criteria.
- Apply specific methodologies, techniques and resources to conduct research and produce innovative results in the area of biological and environmental engineering.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
- Integrate and use biotechnology and bioprocess engineering tools to solve problems in emerging biotechnological areas for the industrial production of bioproducts.
- Integrate and use chemical, environmental and/or biological engineering tools to design biological systems for the sustainable processing of waste and/or for industrial biotechnological processes.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Organise, plan and manage projects.
- Seek out information in the scientific literature using the appropriate channels and integrate this information, showing a capacity for synthesis, analysis of alternatives and critical debate.
- Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply specific methodologies, techniques and resources to conduct research and produce innovative results in the area of biological and environmental engineering.
- Contextualise the biological processes in the current industrial situation.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
- Design and manage a research project in the field of environmental and biological engineering.
- Identify the advantages and disadvantages of biological processes for industrial production of bioproducts.
- Identify the advantages and disadvantages of biological processes in treating effluents and solid wastes
- Identify the most suitable industrial process from among the different alternatives, from an environmental perspective.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Organise, plan and manage projects.
- Seek out information in the scientific literature using the appropriate channels and integrate this information, showing a capacity for synthesis, analysis of alternatives and critical debate.
- Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
- Use the basic concepts of applied microbiology to design a biological process.
Content
- State of the art of biotechnological processes in today's society. Concepts of industrial biotechnology,
- Bioeconomics and biorefineries. Phases of the substitution of a chemical process by a biological one.
- Applied Microbiology: Taxonomy. Microbial diversity. Engineering of microorganisms.
- Growth, biocatalyst and microbial kinetics
- Mass and Energy Balances in a biological process
- Operation of a biotechnological process. Configurations
- Biological alternatives to the treatment of urban and industrial liquid effluents. Comparison of physical-chemical and biological processes
- Material and energy recovery of solid waste
- Opportunities for reuse of current wastes
- Biofiltration of contaminated gases. Design of possible configurations
Methodology
1) Theoretical lectures. The student acquires the scientific knowledge of the subject attending Master classes and complementing them with personal study. In addition, the learning method will be applied based on cases to reinforce the knowledge within the theory classes.
3) Mentoring sessions: Meetings of small groups of students with the professors to clarify doubts (to agree schedule via institutional email only). Note that no queries will be answered by email or messages sent using the Moodle messenger.
4) Self-taugh and in-team study: These are autonomous activities that will serve the student to consolidate the knowledge acquired in face-to-face activities and develop the corresponding competences
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Mentoring sessions | 2 | 0.08 | 8 |
| Seminars for solving numerical problems and case studies. Preparation and discussion of cases | 12 | 0.48 | 1, 10, 2, 7, 6, 5, 8, 3, 11, 12 |
| Theoretical lectures | 24 | 0.96 | 2, 7, 6, 5, 8, 3, 11, 12 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Completion of theoretical work, cases, problem-solving in teams | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 10, 2, 7, 6, 5 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Resolution of problems, cases of study and elaboration of work in teams | 49 | 1.96 | 1, 10, 2, 7, 6, 5, 8, 3, 11, 12 |
| Self study, reading of books, articles and case studies | 49 | 1.96 | 1, 10, 2, 7, 6, 5, 8, 3, 11, 12 |
Assessment
Please refer to the catalan or spanish version of the Syllabus for details
Student’s assessment may experience some modifications depending on the restrictions to face-to-face activities enforced by health authorities
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral presentation of case studies (in teams) | 25% | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 10, 2, 4, 7, 6, 5, 9, 8, 11 |
| Practical Exam | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 7, 6, 5, 12 |
| Theoretical exam | 30% | 1 | 0.04 | 2, 7, 6, 5, 8, 3, 11, 12 |
| Written report of case study (in group) | 25% | 7 | 0.28 | 1, 10, 2, 4, 7, 6, 5, 9, 8, 3, 11, 12 |
Bibliography
A) Doran, Pauline M.- Bioprocess engineering principles. Amsterdam: Elsevier, cop. 2013 2nd ed. Accés per usuaris UAB: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780122208515
B) Shuler, Michael L. Bioprocess engineering: Basic concepts. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, cop. 2002 2nd ed.
C) Liu, Shijie. Bioprocess engineering: kinetics, biosystems, sustainability, and reactor design. Boston: Elsevier, cop. 2020 Bioprocess Engineering | ScienceDirect (uab.cat)
D) Glick BR et al. "Molecular biotechnology : principles and applications of recombinant DNA" 4th Ed. 2010. ASM Press
E) Shigeo Katoh et al. "Biochemical Engineering: A Textbook for Engineers, Chemists and Biologists" 2015 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co : Biochemical Engineering | Wiley Online Books (uab.cat)
F) Lema JM, Suarez S. "Innovative Wastewater Treatment & Resource Recovery Technologies: Impacts on Energy, Economy and Environment". 2018. IWA Publishing.
G) Kennes C, Veiga MC. “Bioreactors for waste gas treatment”. 2001. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
H) Materials diversos y artícles científics disponibles a Moodle.
Software
The software used will be:
- MS Excel: for the use of spreadsheets for the design of wastewater and wast gas treatment systems