Introduction to Chemical and Bicohemical Engineering

Recommended Prerequisites

Appropriate chemistry and biology knowledge at undergraduate level.

Teaching Methods

The lectures are expository using audiovisual technologies. Student participation will be encouraged. In the laboratory classes students will become acquainted with biochemistry and microbiology procedures and techniques. In the TP classes problems will be solved to understand the concepts under study. The students will also learn to work with programs such as SuperProDesigner and spreadsheets. Group work will be encouraged.

Learning Outcomes

-Understand that Chemical Engineering is concerned with the design, construction, improvement and operation of chemical and biochemical pocesses and its products.

- Understand the different stages of a chemical process and the operations involved to convert raw materials into products. Process flow diagrams development and interpretation. Introduction to mass balances.

- Conversion of physical and chemical properties in different unit systems.

- Introdution to the use of spreadsheets.

- Introducion the basic principles of biochemistry and microbiology as support of biochemical engineering.

- Understanding the mechanisms of enzymatic reactions and microbial growth, and quantify the kinetics, taking into account environmental factors.

- Formulation of culture broths from laboratory or industrial use and sterilization methods.

- Understand and communicate using Chemical Engineering concepts.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Chemical Engineering and the Industry.. The role of Chemical Engineers in process design and optimization and development of new products. The multiscale perspective.

-Process units and operating conditions. Mass and energy transfer and chemical reaction. Operation mode: batch and continuous, steady-state and transient mode.

- Mass balances without reaction.

- Conversion of data in different unit systems.

-Energy, environment and sustainability.

- Structure and function of proteins and carbohydrates.

- Enzyme kinetics: nomenclature of enzymes; Michaelis-Menten kinetics; determination of kinetic parameters; denaturation of enzymes.

- The cell as the basic unit of life. Brief notions of classification and nomenclature of cells, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and their internal organization, cell growth; formulation of culture media, cell growth dynamics, Monod model.

Head Lecturer(s)

Cristina Maria dos Santos Gaudêncio Baptista

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 20.0%
Other: 20.0%
Exam: 60.0%

Bibliography

Austin, G. T. Shreve’s Chemical Process Industries. 6ª ed, McGraw Hill Book Company, Nova Iorque, 2012.

Delancey, G., Principles of Chemical Engineering Practice,.John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 2013.

Portal Laboratórios Virtuais de Processos Químicos. https://labvirtual.eq.uc.pt

Leninger, A.L., Principles of Biochemistry, W.H.Freeman, 6^th edition, N.Y., 2012

Stanier, R. Y. et al., General Microbiology , 4th ed., Macmillan Publishers, London, 1985

Atkinson, B. & Mavituna, F., Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology Handbook, 2nd ed., Stockton Press, N.Y., 1991

Doran, P. M., Bioprocess Engineering Principles, 2^nd edition, Academic Press, 2012

Lima, N. e Mota, M., Biotecnologia. Fundamentos e Aplicações, Lidel, edições técnicas, 2003

Bailey, J. e Ollis, D., Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill Int. Ed., 1986.