Courses

Undergraduate

TA 736 - Bioprocess Engineering

Summary: Agitation, aeration and scale in fermentation processes. Bioreactor technology. Kinetics of enzymatic and fermentation processes. Biological and enzymatic bioreactors ideals: batch process, semi-continuous and continuous; mass balances, kinetic and calculation reactors. Sterilization of media, equipment and air.

Postgraduate

TP 319 - Biochemical Engineering

Summary: Transport phenomena in biochemical processes. Biochemical kinetics Basics. Ideal and real biochemical reactors. Mathematical modeling and simulation of fermentation processes. Fermentative type models "black box".

TP 333 - Experimental Planning and Process Optimization

Summary: Importance of using a scientific methodology in multivariate processes. Basic concepts of statistics. Advantages of factorial experiments in relation to the experiments of the kind one factor at a time. Definition of the strategy the most suitable according to the planning process, and the number of variables involved. Development of Full Factorial design. Check validity of the models (ANOVA). Fractional Factorial Planning and Design Screening (Plackett-Burman). Sequential strategy planning for a large number of variables. Case studies.

TP369 - Microbial Physiology

Summary: Introduction. Energy and Thermodynamics of metabolic reactions. Oxidation-reduction reactions. Proton-motive force. Transport processes through microbial membranes. Diversity in the metabolism of sugars fermentation processes and respiratory processes. Aerobic respiration and anaerobic (eg sulphate and nitrate), methanogenesis. Role of microorganisms in microbial biogeoquímicos.Crescimento cycles in excess of nutrient conditions and under nutritional limitation: discontinuous crops, batch-fed crops and the chemostat. Quantitative Physiology: Calculation of specific speeds, conversion factors and the coefficient of maintenance. Selection, competition and development in the laboratory. Interaction between microorganisms in natural and industrial environments.

BI002 - Transformation Processes of Biomass into Biofuels

Technologies of biomass treatment, lignocellulosic residues pre-treatment and hydrolysis by physical, chemical or enzymatic means; technologies for obtaining hydrolysate and extracting sugarcane juice, extracting vegetable oils and microalgae oils; development of new biofuel catalysis and biocatalysis systems (fermentation of pentoses, immobilized enzyme, catalysis under supercritical conditions, etc.); design and optimization of reactors and bioreactors for the production of bioethanol, biodiesel and other biofuels (biobutanol, etc.); development of processes and equipment for biofuel purification; development of systems and processes control loops for the production of biofuels; heat integration and energy recovery in the production of biofuels; formulation and development of integrated systems for production of first, second and third generation biofuel; development of technologies to save water and non-renewable inputs used in the production of biofuels.

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