Name of the Course: BRD 4005 Bioreactor design and analysis (4)

 

Course Instructor:

 

Name: Dr. Babuskin Srinivasan

Office Number:

Phone: +91-8807762115

Email: babuskin.srinivasan@dypiu.ac.in

Office hours: 9.30 am – 5.30 pm 

Location: 516, D Y Patil International University, Pune

 

·                     Teaching Assistant: Nil

Name:

Contact:

Office Hours:

Location:

·                     Level (who can take this course?): B. Tech Bioengineering

·                     Credit: 3-1-0-4

·                     Evaluation:

·                     Breakup of evaluation: % wise

Mid exam (30)

Seminar (10)

Case study (15)

Final exam (45)

Total (100)

 

·                     Maximum Number of Students: 27

 

Course Objectives:

The course introduces the student to design aspects of bioreactor. The course provides knowledge regarding the materials used for construction, biosensors, online control etc. At the end of this course, the student will be able to design and develop bioreactors used for specific operations

Prerequisites:

Basic mathematical skills like differentiation, integration

Basic knowledge about bioprocess

Course Syllabus:

Module No.

Topics

Lectures

1.

BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS VARIABLES – MEASUREMENTS & CONTROL

Measurement & Control- Temperature, pH, pressure, dissolved oxygen, shaft power, rate of stirring, detection and prevention of foam, measurement of cells, inlet and outlet gas analysis. Mechanical fittings in a bioreactor. Software used in Bioreactors- SCADA

9

2.

BIOREACTOR DESIGN

Design of batch bioreactors, Design of Fed-batch bioreactors, Design ofd Continuous Bioreactors; Design considerations for maintaining sterility of process streams processing equipments

8

3.

BIOREACTOR ANALYSIS       

Mass Transfer in bioreactor, Heat Transfer in Bioreactors, Rheology of fermentation broths, Heterogeneous reactions in bioprocesses, Scale-up of bioreactors- criteria & parameters

8

4.

NON-IDEAL REACTORS; RTD

Design and Analysis of Non-ideal reactors, Reactors with nonideal mixing: Mixing times in agitated tanks, residence time distribution, models for nonideal reactors, Mixing-bioreaction interactions

8

5.

CASE STUDIES

Case study analysis on type of bioreactors employed in food, biopharma and environmental treatment plants; Modelling & Simulation in bioreactor design and operation; Application of MATLAB in bioprocess. Artificial neural networking in Bioprocess

8

 

 

Lesson Plan:

 

Sr. No

Content (Daily Plan)

Date (Proposed)

1

Introduction to Bioreactor design

08/08/24

2

Measurement - Temperature, pH

08/08/24

3

Measurement- pressure

13/08/24

4

Measurement- dissolved oxygen, shaft power

20/08/24

5

Measurement - dissolved oxygen, shaft power

20/08/24

6

Control mechanisms

22/08/24

7

Type of controllers employed

27/08/24

8

Mechanical fittings in a bioreactor

27/08/24

9

Software used in bioreactors- SCADA

29/08/24

10

Design of bioreactors- introduction

29/08/24

11

Design of Batch bioreactors

03/09/24

12

Design of Fed-batch bioreactors

03/09/24

13

Design of continuous bioreactors

05/09/24

14

Design considerations

10/09/24

15

Practice problems- batch, fed batch

12/09/24

16

Practice problems- continuous

19/09/24

17

Mass Transfer in bioreactors

24/09/24

18

Heat Transfer in Bioreactors

01/10/24

19

Rheology of fermentation broths

03/10/24

20

Heterogeneous reactions in bioprocesses, Scale-up of bioreactors- criteria & parameters

03/10/24

21

Scale-up of bioreactors- criteria & parameters

11/10/24

22

Non-ideal reactors – intro

15/10/24

23

Residence time distribution

22/10/24

24

Models of non-ideal reactors

22/10/24

25

Student seminar

07/11/24

26

Case study intro

12/11/24

27

Group discussion

14/11/24

28

Case study project presentation

18/11/24

29

Case study project presentation

18/11/24

30

Modelling and simulation of bioreactors

19/11/24

31

Student seminar

21/11/24

32

Tutorial class

21/11/24

 

·                     Course Outcome:

 

Upon success completion of this course, the students will be able to:

Ø  Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge regarding the construction of bioreactors

Ø  Students gain inputs on the type of sensors and softwares used in the bioreactors

Ø  The learners can be able to explain the type of bioreactors employed in various bioprocess sectors

Recommended Readings

 

1.      Michael L. Shuler and FikretKargi, Bioprocess Engineering: Basic Concepts, 2nd Edition, 2002, Prentice Hall.

2.      Octave Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd Edition, 1999, Wiley

3.      Moser, Anton, Bioprocess Technology: Kinetics and Reactors, Springer Verlag, 1988.

 

·                     Study Materials: shared in the form of ppts, eBooks

 

 


Name of the Course: DPR 4001 Downstream Processing (5.5)

 

Course Instructor:

 

Name: Dr. Babuskin Srinivasan

Office Number:

Phone: +91-8807762115

Email: babuskin.srinivasan@dypiu.ac.in

Office hours: 9.30 am – 5.30 pm 

Location: 516, D Y Patil International University, Pune

 

·                     Teaching Assistant:

Name: Mrs. Mayura khanore

Contact: +919420904067

Office Hours: Time slots

Location: 340, D Y Patil International University, Pune

·                     Level (who can take this course?): B. Tech Bioengineering

·                     Credit: 3-1-3-5.5

·                     Evaluation:

·                     Breakup of evaluation: % wise

Mid exam (20)

Seminar (10)

Lab practical (30)

Final exam (40)

Total (100)

·                      

·                     Maximum Number of Students: 27

 

Course Objectives:

The objective of this course is to learn about how to develop and formulate various product isolation methods related to biopharmaceuticals, clinical research and development

Prerequisites:

Basic mathematical skills like differentiation, integration

Basic knowledge about upstream processing

 

 

 

Course Syllabus:

Module No.

Topics

Lectures

1.

Introduction to Downstream processing

Introduction to downstream processing, principles, characteristics of bio-molecules and bioprocesses. Cell disruption for product release – mechanical, enzymatic and chemical methods. Pre-treatment and stabilisation of bio-products.

6

2.

Physical methods of separation

Unit operations for solid-liquid separation - filtration and centrifugation.

8

3.

Isolation of products

Adsorption, liquid-liquid extraction, aqueous two-phase extraction, membrane separation – ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis, dialysis, precipitation of proteins by different methods.

8

4.

Product purification

Chromatography – principles, instruments and practice, adsorption, reverse phase, ion exchange, size exclusion, hydrophobic interaction, bio-affinity and pseudo affinity chromatographic techniques.

8

5.

Final product formulation and finishing operations

Crystallization, drying and lyophilization in final product formulation

8

 

 

Lesson Plan:

 

Sr. No

Content (Daily Plan)

Date (Proposed)

1

Introduction to downstream processing

05/08/24

2

Characteristics of biomolecules and bioprocesses

09/08/24

3

Cell disruption- physical and chemical methods

12/08/24

4

Cell disruption- biological and mechanical methods

14/08/24

5

Group discussion on cell disruption techniques

21/08/24

6

Pre-treatment and stabilization of bioproducts

22/08/24

7

Basic downstream processing problems

23/08/24

8

Practice problems

28/08/24

9

Filtration Introduction

30/08/24

10

Filtration concept

02/09/24

11

Filtration – derivation

04/09/24

12

Filtration- problems

06/09/24

13

Centrifugation- Introduction

09/09/24

14

Types of centrifuges used

12/09/24

15

Problems in centrifugation

13/09/24

16

Adsorption- concept of isotherms

18/09/24

17

Liquid-liquid extraction- co-current, counter current, Batch and continuous

20/09/24

18

Aqueous two-phase extraction- principle

23/09/24

19

Membrane separation- ultrafiltration & microfiltration

04/10/24

20

Membrane separation- reverse osmosis

09/10/24

21

Dialysis and Electrodialysis

11/10/24

22

Protein precipitation methods

14/10/24

23

Chromatography – Introduction

15/10/24

24

Adsorption chromatography

17/10/24

25

Gel filtration chromatography

18/10/24

26

Ion-exchange chromatography

21/10/24

27

Hydrophobic interaction chromatography

23/10/24

28

Normal and Reverse phase chromatography

08/11/24

29

Bio affinity and Pseudo affinity chromatography

11/11/24

30

Group discussion

14/11/24

31

Crystallization

18/11/24

32

Student seminar

18/11/24

33

Drying and finishing operations

21/11/24

 

 

 

 

Laboratory

Sr. No

Content

Date

1

Centrifugation Studies During Settling Of Yeast Cells

21/08/24

2

Cell Disruption By Sonication and protein estimation

28/08/24

3

Batch Sedimentation & Flocculation

04/09/24

4

Basket Centrifuge and Cyclone separator – demo

11/09/24

5

HPLC- demo

18/09/24

6

Precipitation of proteins by salting out- Ammonium sulfate

25/09/24

7

Aqueous two-phase extraction and partition coefficient

10/10/24

8

Gel filtration chromatography

16/10/24

9

Affinity chromatography

23/10/24

10

Column Chromatography

13/11/24

11

Ion-Exchange Chromatography

13/11/24

 

 

 

·                     Course Outcome:

 

Upon success completion of this course, the students will be able to:

· Define the fundamentals of downstream processing for product recovery

· Understand the requirements for successful operations of downstream processing

· Describe the components of downstream equipment and explain the purpose of each

· Apply principles of various unit operations used in downstream processing and enhance problem solving techniques

 

 

·                     Text Book:

 

1. Belter, P.A., E.L. Cussler and Wei-Houhu “Bioseparations – Downstream Processing for Biotechnology”, John Wiley, 1988.

2. Nooralabettu Krishna Prasad., Downstream Process Technology: A New Horizon in Biotechnology, Prentice Hall India,2010.

 3. Sivasankar, B. “Bioseparations: Principles and Techniques”. PHI, 2006.

 

 

·                     Reference Book:

 

1. Raja Ghosh “Principles of Bioseparations Engineering”. World Scientific, 2006

2. Michael R.Ladisch Bioseparations Engineering: Principles, practice and Economics, WileyInterscience,1st Edition,2001.

3. Product Recovery in Bioprocess Technology”. (BIOTOL – Biotechnology by Open Learning Series). Butterworth – Heinmann / Elsevier, 2004.

 

 

·                     Study Materials: shared in the form of ppts, eBooks