Biochemical Engineering (CBI 310) Notes

1. Introduction and bio basics

• Introduction and bio basics

2. Basic biochemistry

• Basic biochemistry

3. Stoichiometry without internal reactions

• 3.1 Defining rates and yields and balancing equations

• 3.2 The cmol balance and biomass as molecule

• 3.3 Degree of reduction balances

4. Stoichiometry that includes internal reactions

• 4.1 Modelling the anabolism

• 4.2 Main fermentative pathways

• 4.3 TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation

5. Basic fermenter modeling

• 5.1 Real life fermenters

• 5.2 Solving differential equations

• 5.3 The fermenter equation

• 5.4 Understanding growth

6. Modeling stoichiometry variations

• 6.1 Altering rates

• 6.2 Example on growth and maintenance variation

• 6.3 Oxygen starvation in batch fermenters

• 6.4 Facultative anaerobes

7. Fed-batch and continuous fermentation

• 7.1 Fed-batch fermentation

• 7.2 Continuous fermentation

Tutorials

• Introductory math

• Tutorial 0

• Tutorials from chapter 3

• Tutorial 1

• Tutorial 2

• Tutorial 3

• Tutorials from chapter 4

• Tutorial 4

• Tutorial 5

• Tutorial 6

• Tutorials from chapter 5

• Tutorial 7

• Tutorial 8

• Tutorials from chapter 6

• Tutorial 9

• Tutorial 10

• Tutorial 11

• Tutorials from chapter 7

• Tutorial 12

• Tutorial 13

• Tutorials for revision

• Tutorial 19, fix link