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Biochemical Engineering
A Self-Instructional Problem Workbook

P. T. Vasudevan
Department of Biochemical Engineering
University of New Hampshire

Published by ETS Professional Training Institute
© 1994 Louis Theodore. 339 pages. ISBN 1-882767-12-8.


Table of Contents

Basic Operations
Conversion of Units · Temperature Terms · Pressure Terms · Enzyme and Microbial Kinetics · Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms · Effectiveness Factor · Conversion Variables · Reaction Equilibrium · Arrhenius Equation · Biological Oxygen Demand · Reynolds Number · Power Number · Air Sterilization: Dimensionless Groups · Batch Sterilization: Time-Temperature Profiles · Numerical Integration · Numerical Differentiation · Transformation of Equations to Linear Form · Linear Regression Analysis · Runge-Kutta Technique · Newton-Raphson Technique ·

Problems
Enzyme Kinetics (EK)
EK 1: Michaelis-Menten Kinetics
EK 2: Quasi Steady-State Approximation
EK 3: Competitive Inhibition
EK 4: Non-Competitive Inhibition
EK 5: Substrate Inhibition
EK 6: Enzyme Catalysis: Rate Expressions

Immobilized Enzyme Systems (IES)
IES 1: Immobilized Enzyme: Estimation of Kinetic Parameters
IES 2: Enzyme Deactivation

Metabolic Pathways (MP)
MP 1: Determination of Equilibrium ATP Concentration
MP 2: Estimation of ATP Production and Overall Efficiency

Microbial Kinetics (MK)
MK 1: Monod Growth Kinetics
MK 2: Transient Microbial Kinetics
MK 3: Estimation of Growth and Kinetic Parameters
MK 4: Growth Stoichiometry and Yield Coefficients

Bioreactors (Fermenters) (BF)
BF 1: Batch Fermenter
BF 2: Chemostat: Continuous Stirred Tank Fermenter
BF 3: Fed-Batch Fermenter
BF 4: Fluidized Bed Bioreactor

Comparison of Reactors (COM)
COM 1: Comparison of Batch and Continuous Stirred Tank Fermenters
COM 2: Multistage Chemostats
COM 3: CSTF and PFF in Series
COM 4: Immobilized Cell Bioreactor

Aeration and Agitation (AA)
AA 1: Design of an Aeration-Agitation System
AA 2: Determination of Oxygen Uptake Rate

Scale-Up and Sterilization (SUST)
SUST 1: Design of a Batch Sterilization Unit
SUST 2: Design of a Continuous Sterilization Unit
SUST 3: Design of Air Sterilizer
SUST 4: Scale-Up of a Fermentation Unit

Bioseparations (BSEP)
BSEP 1: Batch Filtration
BSEP 2: Centrifugation
BSEP 3: Membrane Separation
BSEP 4: Liquid-Liquid Extraction
BSEP 5: Adsorption
BSEP 6: Liquid Chromatography

Mixed Cultures (MC)
MC 1: Predator-Prey Problem
MC 2: Recombinant DNA: Stability in Batch Cultures
MC 3: Activated Sludge Process
MC 4: Trickling Biological Filters
MC 5: Design of Trickling Biological Filters
MC 6: Anaerobic Digestion

Solutions to Problems

Index

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