Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Identify the different types of biochemical reactions that take place in the context of industrial biotechnology or environmental biotechnology.
• Know how to design bioreactors to produce specific (bio)compounds.
• To describe the various biochemical processes used in industrial and environmental biotechnology as well as the processes used in enzymatic conversions.

• Data analysis, design and calculation of kinetic rates of biochemical processes.

1. Elements of microbiology and biochemistry
2. Kinetics of enzymatic reactions
3. Kinetics of reactions with immobilized enzymes
4. Kinetics of microbial growth
5. Kinetics of production of metabolic products
6. Mathematical simulation models
7. Design of classical bioreactors (batch, fed-batch, CSTR)
8. New generation bioreactors (Perfusion, Airlift, SBR)
9. New generation bioreactors (hollow-fiber, MBR, MBBR)
10. Aeration and agitation of bioreactors
11. Sterilization
12. Applications in industrial processes
13. Applications in environmental processes.

Use of Information and Communication Technology

• Power point presentations
• E-class support

Assessment Method

• «ΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΗ ΒΙΟΔΙΕΡΓΑΣΙΩΝ – Βασικές Έννοιες», Πανεπιστημιακές εκδόσεις ΕΜΠ (2005)
• «Bioprocess Engineering – Basic Concepts», M.L. Shuler & F. Kargi, Prentice Hall (1992).