Biochemical Engineering
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Biochemical Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Biochemical Engineering (subject code 3160512) as prescribed for Chemical · Semester 6 divides the course into 4 units, covering 33 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3160512)Unit 1 Biochemical engineering as an interdisciplinary course, comparison of chemical and
- biochemical processes
- Integrated bioprocess systems
- Unit Operations in Bioprocess
- microbiology fundamentals
- Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells and their comparison
- important features
Unit 2 Chemicals of life
- carbohydrates- types and functions
- proteins- functions
- elemental composition and types of proteins
- basic idea about primary
- secondary and tertiary structure of proteins
- protein denaturation
- Lipids- classifications and functions
Unit 3 Properties of enzymatic reactions, Various models for enzyme-substrate complex
- factors affecting enzyme activity
- Michaelis-Menten equation: derivation and graphical evaluation of kinetic parameters
- Enzyme inhibition
- Enzyme immobilization
- different methods of immobilization
- Industrial enzymes and their applications
Unit 4 Sterilization and media preparation, different types of solid media, cell death kinetics, Air
- steam sterilization
- batch and continuous sterilization
- Stoichiometry of microbial growth and product formation
- elemental balances
- degree of reduction
- yield coefficient
- respiratory quotients
- Oxygen uptake rate
- Biomass production in cell cultures
- phases of microbial growth
- measurement of microbial growth by various methods
- Monod growth kinetics
- Evaluation of kinetic parameters
- substrate and product 7 Subject Code: 3160512 w.e.f
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