Wolfgang Minas: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2018 |
| Name | PD Dr. Wolfgang Minas |
| Field | Biotechnologie |
| Address | Biotech Concepts GmbH Regensdorferstrasse 5 8049 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | 079 213 8242 |
| Fax | 086 079 213 8242 |
| wminas@ethz.ch | |
| URL | http://www.minas.ch |
| Department | Biosystems Science and Engineering |
| Relationship | Privatdozent |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 636-0115-00L | Biochemical Engineering | 4 credits | 3G | S. Panke, W. Minas | |
| Abstract | The course covers the fundamentals of implementing biotechnological reactions and cultivations into reactors and major methods of product purification. | ||||
| Learning objective | The objective is to instruct students in the key concepts that are required for efficient application of biotechnological systems (enzymes and cells) for the production of chemicals and proteins. | ||||
| Content | Enzyme kinetics – mass transfer in heterogeneous systems – enzyme reactors – residence time distributions - upstream processing of fermentation processes – ideal reactors – macrokinetics - gas transfer – membrane processes – chromatography | ||||
| Lecture notes | Handouts and text book references will be provided over the course. | ||||
| Literature | Eg Pauline Doran, Bioprocess Engineering, Clark & Blanch, Biochemical Engineering, Harrison and Todd, Bioseparation Science and Engineering | ||||