Module code | CBP 732 |
Qualification | Postgraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology |
Module content | Description of industrial biotechnology in a process engineering environment. Focus on specific applications in the mining, agricultural, paper and pulp, medical, pharmaceutical, veterinary, brewing and food industries. Principles including implications of bio-prospecting, bio-safety, inoculum production, aseptic growth, quality control and product formulation as applicable to bio-processes. Fermentation with various microbial groups, bio-leaching, gene transfer, solid-substrate fermentation, enzymatic catalysis and immunology. Bioreactors, batch and continuous processing. Bio-remediation. |
Module credits | 32.00 |
Programmes | |
Prerequisites | No prerequisites. |
Contact time | 32 contact hours per semester |
Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
Department | Chemical Engineering |
Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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