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BT735 : Advances in Fermentation Technology

Course Overview

Course Synopsis

This course is designed to develop understanding of the students to the fundamental concepts of fermentation technology, microbial growth kinetics, designing of bioreactors and their control systems, aeration and agitation, scale up and scale down studies, different fermentation media and their sterilization and product recovery. This course will enable the students to get sufficient knowledge about the subject to carry out research in the same field.

Course Learning Outcomes

After the successful completion of the course, students will be able to

  • Understand and comprehend the scope of Fermentation Technology.
  • Understand the fundamentals of microbial growth kinetics
  • Design bioreactors and their control systems
  • Design aeration and agitation system for bioreactors
  • Carry out scale up and scale down studies
  • Formulate media for industrial fermentations
  • Understand and apply different sterilization modes in a fermentation process


Course Calendar

1 Overview of Fermentation Technology-1
2 Overview of Fermentation Technology-2
3 Types of Fermentation
4 Types of Fermentation on the basis of oxygen need
5 Types of Fermentation on the basis of Moisture
6 Types of Fermentation on the basis of Production Scale
7 Range of Fermentation Products
8 Range of Fermentation Products 2
9 Range of Fermentation Products 3
10 Range of Fermentation Products 4
11 Range of Fermentation Products 5
12 Range of Fermentation Products 6

13 Types of Fermentation on the basis of Process
14 Types of Fermentation on the basis of State of Mixing
15 Types of Fermentation on the basis of Product and Organisms
16 Organization of Fermentation Process
17 Microbial Growth kinetics: Introduction
18 Microbial Growth kinetics: Methods to calculate/measure growth
19 Microbial Growth kinetics: Batch Culture 1
20 Microbial Growth kinetics: Batch Culture 2
21 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Batch Culture 3
22 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Batch Culture 4
23 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Batch Culture 5

24 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Batch Culture 6
25 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Batch Culture 7
26 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Fed Batch Culture I
27 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Fed Batch Culture 2
28 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Fed Batch Culture 3
29 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Fed Batch Culture 4
30 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Fed Batch Culture 5
31 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Fed Batch Culture 6
32 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Continuous Culture 1
33 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Continuous Culture 2
34 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Continuous Culture 3
35 Microbial Growth Kinetics: Continuous Culture 4

36 Microbial Growth Kinetics Principles of Growth in Continuous system
37 Microbial Growth Kinetics Calculation of Growth Yield in Chemostat
38 Fermenter Design 1
39 Fermenter Design 2
40 Fermenter Design 3
41 Fermenter Design. General requirements of Fermenters
42 Fermenter Design Aseptic operation and containment
43 Fermenter design: Aseptic Operation and Containment 2
44 Fermenter Design: General Introduction of a Fermenter
45 Fermenter Design Basic Design of a Stirred Fermenter
46 Fermenter Design: Body Construction
47 Fermenter Design: With Multi Impeller

48 Fermenter Design: Construction materials
49 Fermenter Design: Pilot Scale and Industrial Scale Fermenters
50 Fermenter Design: Grading Quality of construction material
51 Fermenter Design Seals and O rings
52 Fermenter Design Basic Features of a Stirred Tank Bioreactor. Agitation System 1
53 Fermenter Design: Basic Features of a Stirred Tank Bioreactor. Agitation System 2
54 Fermenter Design: Agitator Design and Operation 1
55 Fermenter Design: Agitator Design and Operation 2
56 Fermenter Design: Agitator Design and Operation 3
57 Fermenter Design: Agitator Design and Operation 4
58 Fermenter Design: Agitator Design and Operation: Axial flow Impellers 1
59 Fermenter Design: Agitator Design and Operation: Axial flow Impellers 2

60 Fermenter Design: Temperature Control System 1
61 Fermenter Design: Temperature Control System 2
62 Fermenter Design Oxygen Delivery System
63 Fermenter Design Oxygen Delivery System Air sterilization system 1
64 Fermenter Design Oxygen Delivery System Air sterilization system 2
65 Fermenter Design Oxygen Delivery System Air sterilization system 3
66 Fermenter Design: Oxygen Delivery System: Sparger
67 Fermenter Design: Oxygen Delivery System: Air Flow System
68 Fermenter Design: Fermenter Design: Foam Control System 1
69 Fermenter Design: Fermenter Design: Foam Control System 2
70 Fermenter Design: Fermenter Design: Foam Control System 3
71 Fermenter Design: pH Control System 1
72 Fermenter Design: pH Control System 2

73 Fermenter Design: Cleaning, Sterilization and sampling Facilities
74 Media for industrial Fermentation: Introduction 1
75 Media for Industrial Fermentations: Introduction 2
76 Media for industrial fermentation: Introduction 3
77 Media for industrial fermentation: Introduction 4
78 Media for industrial fermentations: Introduction 5
79 Media for industrial fermentations: Medium formulation 1
80 Media formulation for industrial fermentations: Medium formulation 2
81 Media for industrial fermentations: Medium formulation 3
82 Media for industrial fermentations: Medium components
83 Media for industrial fermentations: Carbon sources
84 Media for industrial fermentations - Example of commonly used carbon sources 1

85 Media for industrial fermentations -Examples of commonly used carbon sources -2
86 Media for industrial fermentations- Examples of commonly used carbon sources -3
87 Media for industrial fermentations -Nitrogen sources
88 Media for industrial fermentations- Examples of commonly used nitrogen sources
89 Media for industrial fermentations - Mineral 1
90 Media for industrial fermentations: Mineral 2
91 Media for industrial fermentations -Chelators
92 Media for industrial fermentations-Growth factor
93 Media for industrial fermentations -Buffers
94 Media for industrial fermentation -Precursors
95 Media for industrial fermentations- Inhibitors
96 Media for industrial fermentation- Inducers 1

97 Media for industrial fermentations - Inducers 2
98 Media for industrial fermentations - oxygen requirements, trace elements, pH and osmolality
99 Media for industrial fermentation- Antifoams 1
100 Media for industrial fermentation-Antifoams 2
101 Media for Industrial Fermentations Antifoams 3
102 Media for Industrial Fermentations Medium Optimization
103 Media for Industrial Fermentations. Medium optimization Plackett-Burman Design 1
104 Media for Industrial fermentations. Medium Optimization Plackett-Burman Design 2
105 Aeration and Agitation Introduction 1
106 Aeration and Agitation Introduction 2
107 Aeration and Agitation Oxygen Requirements of Industrial fermentations 1
108 Aeration and Agitation Oxygen Requirements of Industrial fermentation 2

109 Aeration and Agitation Henry Law and Oxygen Supply
110 Aeration and Agitation Oxygen Transfer Process 1
111 Aeration and Agitation Oxygen Transfer Process 2
112 Aeration and Agitation Determination of KLa Values Sulphite oxidation Technique
113 Aeration and Agitation Determination of KLa Values Gassing out Techniques 1
114 Aeration and Agitation Determination of KLa Values Gassing out Techniques 2
115 Aeration and Agitation Determination of KLa Values The oxygen balance Technique
116 Sterilization Introduction 1
117 Sterilization Introduction 2
118 Medium Sterilization 1
119 Medium Sterilization 2
120 Medium Sterilization 3

121 Medium Sterilization 4
122 Medium Sterilization 5
123 Medium Sterilization 6
124 Medium Sterilization 7
125 Medium Sterilization The design of batch sterilization processes
126 Medium sterilization. Calculation of DEL factor during heating and cooling
127 Medium sterilization Calculation of holding time at constant temperature
128 Medium Sterilization Richards Rapid method for the designing of sterilization cycles
129 Medium Sterilization The scale up of batch sterilization processes
130 Medium Sterilization Methods of Batch Sterilization
131 Medium Sterilization The design of continuous sterilization processes 1

132 Medium Sterilization The design of continuous sterilization processes 2
133 Medium Sterilization The design of continuous sterilization processes 3
134 Sterilization of the Fermenter, Feeds and of Liquid Wastes
135 Filter Sterilization
136 Filter Sterilization of Fermentation Media
137 Filter Sterilization of Fermentation air
138 Sterilization of Fermenter exhaust air
139 Process Organism: Selection criteria
140 Process Organism: Collection of industrially important microorganisms-1
141 Process Organism: Collection of industrially important microorganisms-2
142 Process Organism: Collection of industrially important microorganisms-3
143 Process Organism: Screening methods for isolated microbes

144 Process Organism: Identification of microorganisms
145 Process Organism: Storage/Preservation of microbial cultures
146 Process Organism: Improvement of industrially important microorganisms-1
147 Process Organism: Improvement of industrially important microorganisms-2
148 Process Organism: Improvement of industrially important microorganisms-3
149 Process Organism: Mutant Selection-1
150 Process Organism: Development of inocula for industrial fermentation: Introduction-1
151 Process Organism: Development of inocula for industrial fermentation: Introduction-2
152 Process Organism: Criteria for the transfer of inoculum
153 Process Organism: Development of inocula (Examples)
154 Recovery and Purification of Fermentation Products-1
155 Recovery and Purification of Fermentation Products-2
156 Recovery and Purification of Fermentation Products-3

157 Recovery and Purification of Fermentation Products-4
158 Recovery and Purification of Fermentation Products-5
159 Effluent Treatment-1
160 Effluent Treatment-2
161 Effluent Treatment-3
162 Effluent Treatment-4
163 Effluent Treatment-5
164 Fermentation Economics
165 Practical Demonstration