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UNIT V FIXED BED AND FLUID BED REACTORS 9
Trickle bed, slurry reactors; three phase-fluidized beds; reactors for fluid-fluid reactions.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
The students will learn
 Different chemical Reactors, Rate equation of reactions.
 The basic principles and design conceptbehind the ideal reactors.
 Fundamentalideas about ideal flow and non-ideal flow reactors and also to develop flow models with
residence time distribution.
 Depth knowledge about gas-solid,gas-liquid reactions and able to design reactors.
 Concept and operationalprinciples of fixed, slurry and fluidized type of reactors.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Levenspiel O. Chemical Reaction Engineering. 3rd Edition. John Wiley.1999.
2. Fogler H.S. Elements Of Chemical Reaction Engineering. Prentice Hall India.2002

REFERENCE:
1. Missen R.W., Mims C.A., Saville B.A. Introduction To Chemical Reaction Engineering and Kinetics.
John Wiley.1999

BT17611 BIOPROCESS LABORATORY II L T P C
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OBJECTIVES:
 The course applies earlier learned knowledge about mass transfer in bio reactors and sterilization
kinetics.
 Skills and knowledge gained is useful by analogy when solving problems typical for the bio industry
or for research.

EXPERIMENTS
1. Batch Sterilization kinetics
2. Batch cultivation.
3. Estimation of KLa – Dynamic Gassing-out method,
4. Estimation of KLa – Sulphite Oxidation Method
5. Estimation of KLa – Power Correlation Method
6. Fed batch cultivation and Total cell retention cultivation
7. Algal cultivation-Photobioreactor
8. Residence time distribution
9. Estimation of Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient
10. Estimation of Mixing Time in reactor

TOTAL :60 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of this course,
 Graduates gain ability to investigate, design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data, and
apply the laboratory skills to solve complex bioprocess engineering problems.
 Graduates become creative, innovative and adaptable engineers as leaders or team members in their
organizations and society.
 Graduates perform competently in chemical and bioprocess industries and become important
contributors to national development.
 Graduates will demonstrate advancement in their careers through increasing professional
responsibility and continued life-long learning.

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