# Fundamentals of Bioprocess Engineering

- Institution: IIT Guwahati
- Department: Biotechnology
- Teacher: Prof. Lalit M. Pandey
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/102103672)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/102103672)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This course emphasizes the basic understanding of the bioprocess engineering. It starts with the fundamentals of the bioprocess engineering, its importance and role in the industrial biotechnology. It also covers the introductory part of the bioreactor, types, modes of operation and the various products of economic importance. The course discusses the microbial and enzyme kinetics. It highlights the importance of metabolic stoichiometry in media formulation. It also includes the mass transfer principles, downstream processing techniques and thus it will be helpful for the students and scholars of interdisciplinary domains. The course content was prepared in such a way that it will be applicable for UG, PG students and PhD scholars.

Intended audience: Under graduate and post graduate students, professional in the discipline of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering

Prerequisites: Bachelor Degree in any Science/Engineering discipline

## Lectures

1. [Lec 1: Overview of Fermentation Process](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/e0ad73d90dae) (YouTube)
2. [Lec 2: Strain Isolation and Process Flow](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/d7cc27ae40db) (YouTube)
3. [Lec 3: Metabolic Pathways](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/7bde636d617f) (YouTube)
4. [Lec 4: Cell Nutrients](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/29ed93a1a006) (YouTube)
5. [Lec 5: Industrial Important Products](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/9d5a2eefa0a0) (YouTube)
6. [Lec 6: Material and mass balance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/203c29277b69) (YouTube)
7. [Lec 7: Stoichiometry of cell growth and product formation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/9c523e339e70) (YouTube)
8. [Lec 8: Stoichiometry of cell growth and product formation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/af56beba2a1f) (YouTube)
9. [Lec 9: Stoichiometry of product formation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/999e21d651e8) (YouTube)
10. [Lec 10: Metabolic energetics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/fb507ced327e) (YouTube)
11. [Lec 11: Energy balance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/a81b232f45cc) (YouTube)
12. [Lec 12: Basic of Enzyme catalysis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/eaa1ade68def) (YouTube)
13. [Lec 13: Michaelis Menten Equation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/17f959ef71a0) (YouTube)
14. [Lec 14: Evaluation of kinetic Parameters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/d751c65e9951) (YouTube)
15. [Lec 15: Enzyme Inhibition 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/d6805751c3d1) (YouTube)
16. [Lec 16: Enzyme Inhibition 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/04f861ddec61) (YouTube)
17. [Lec 17: Immobilization of Enzymes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/63e068e83eec) (YouTube)
18. [Lec 18: External Mass Transfer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/ce0d46053db0) (YouTube)
19. [Lec 19: Internal Mass Transfer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/28df65e2bf6d) (YouTube)
20. [Lec 20: Simultaneous External and Internal mass Transfer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/06d8a6344e39) (YouTube)
21. [Lec 21: Application of Immobilized Enzyme](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/eb938c934eb7) (YouTube)
22. [Lec 22: Microbial Growth Kinetics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/9d978f923db8) (YouTube)
23. [Lec 23: Monod Equation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/31a17dedfd60) (YouTube)
24. [Lec 24: Transient Growth Kinetics-1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/08c39a6bb335) (YouTube)
25. [Lec 25: Transient Growth Kinetics-2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/816199b8b4ce) (YouTube)
26. [Lec 26: Primary and Secondary Metabolites](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/de579bc6c5d2) (YouTube)
27. [Lec 27: Structured kinetic model for product formation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/9892304395cb) (YouTube)
28. [Lec 28: Structured kinetic model II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/6466f726c299) (YouTube)
29. [Lec 29: Product formation kinetics I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/557e77244d02) (YouTube)
30. [Lec 30: Product formation kinetics II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/f77e0ffe2ff1) (YouTube)
31. [Lec 31: Ideal reactor operation - Batch fermentation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/22708a4aafda) (YouTube)
32. [Lec 32: Ideal reactor operation - fed batch and continuous with free cells](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/67407078508a) (YouTube)
33. [Lec 33: Ideal reactor operation - CSTR](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/c77e2080a569) (YouTube)
34. [Lec 34: Special Bioreactors](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/25bda51ac94f) (YouTube)
35. [Lec 35: Mass transfer and diffusion related theories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/b4b6d7afa24a) (YouTube)
36. [Lec 36: Oxygen transfer from bubble to cell](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/cbb5d4947b61) (YouTube)
37. [Lec 37: Measurement of mass transfer coefficient](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/6450e95b5f07) (YouTube)
38. [Lec 38: Role of Agitation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/ca961a2390a6) (YouTube)
39. [Lec 39: Heat transfer in bioprocessing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/d7e9979ffdb6) (YouTube)
40. [Lec 40: Cell death kinetics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/3d7b5b5da48f) (YouTube)
41. [Lec 41: Batch and continuous sterilization](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/68645f3f660f) (YouTube)
42. [Lec 42: Heat transfer equipment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/e3d36d5d1d92) (YouTube)
43. [Lec 43: Scale up](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/01d4b5ce0e20) (YouTube)
44. [Lec 44: Sensors for Bioreactor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/a54ccc001400) (YouTube)
45. [Lec 45: Measurement of Process Parameter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/9618efa184d1) (YouTube)
46. [Lec 46: Process Control System](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/6398ca9d022d) (YouTube)
47. [Lec 47: Process Dynamic](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/d82dac28b274) (YouTube)
48. [Lec 48: Process Controller](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/2d1e9c33fb7e) (YouTube)
49. [Lec 49: Importance of downstream processing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/c0784a9f3771) (YouTube)
50. [Lec 50: Centrifugation, filtration, sedimentation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/9b13d8b6a8bc) (YouTube)
51. [Lec 51: Cell separation and disruption](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/957dc0bdfb23) (YouTube)
52. [Lec 52: Extraction and chromatography](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/9e09bd4846fe) (YouTube)
53. [Lec 53: Adsorption](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/496d1e7f0a49) (YouTube)
54. [Lec 54: Membrane separation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/9d98307d10e2) (YouTube)
55. [Lec 55: Drying](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/e751c4d6ff6a) (YouTube)
56. [Lec 56: Introduction to bioprocess economics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/102103672/2252363e227f) (YouTube)