Basic Biotechnology Laboratory 1200-1ZMELBIOL5
A list of laboratory experiments available: Balance of technological processes; Continuous production of vinyl polyalcohol; Water purification in the sorptive column filled with an active carbon and water demineralization with help of ion columns; Emulsion and suspension polymerization of styrene; Catalytic cracking; Concentration of solutions in a single-effect evaporator; Concentration of solutions in a double-effect evaporator; Continuous process of detergent production employing alkylaryl sulfonic acids; Continuous process of bicarbonate production by Solvay method; Computer simulation of technological processes using Chem-Cad software; Determination of process rate constant in case of alcohol; Application of membrane techniques for separation of products in bioprocesses; Biocatalysts and their application in industry; Biocatalytic sucrose inversion in flow column reactors; Biofuels.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
At the end of learning process student is able to
- calculate heat and material balance of single reactions and chemical reactors
- use Chem-Cad program for plant design and for process optimization
- plan and carry out continuous complex organic and inorganic synthesis in the laboratory scale
- employ the analytical methods such as gas chromatography, infrared spectrophotometry, calorimetry for the evaluation of chemical reactions
Assessment criteria
Graded on the basis of partial grades from the individual laboratory exercis
Practical placement
No
Bibliography
Editor prof. T. Kasprzycka-Gutman. “Podręcznik do ćwiczeń z technologii chemicznej”, WUW, Warszawa, 1996rE.Bortel, H.Koneczny - Zarys technologii chemicznej.J.Kępiński - Technologia chemiczna nieorganiczna. A.Z.Zieliński – “ Chemiczna technologia organiczna”. Adamczak, M. Biokataliza i jej zastosowanie. w: Podstawy biotechnologii przemysłowej. Red. W. Bednarski i J. Fiedurek. WNT 2007, 317-378.http://www.chem.uw.edu.pl/people/JSkupinska/wyma02.htm
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