Downstreamprocessing

11B2142

Bachelor

German

5.0

only summer term

1 semester

Within the module, knowledge and skills in the field of product purification (downstream processes) are deepened. This includes methods for the extraction and purification of biosynthetic products after the application of biotechnological processes such as fermentation or bioconversion, cell separation, isolation and enrichment.

- Transfer and application of knowledge from the modules "Bioprocess Engineering" and "Product Purification" to complex processes for the manufacture of biotechnological products
- Mass and energy balances
- Design of apparatus
- Modelling processes with Excel
- In-depth study of processes and apparatus in purification technology, e.g: - Evaporation - Crystallisation - Extraction - Adsorption and absorption
- chromatography

Practical course:
- Isolation of chlorophyll a by means of extraction and chromatography
- Extraction of proteins using aqueous 2-phase systems
- Crystallisation

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• oral exam or
• Project Report, written or
• Written examination

• Field work / Experimental work

Graded examination performance:

• Written examination: see the applicable study regulations
• Oral examination: see the general section of the examination regulations
• Project report, written: 5 reports, each approx. 6 pages, accompanying explanation: approx. 20 minutes

Ungraded examination performance:

• Experimental work: Experiment: approx. 3 experiments

• Schmitz, Ulrich

• Schmitz, Ulrich