BBL757
| BBL757 | |
|---|---|
| Electromicrobiologyu and Bioelectrochemical Systems | |
| Credits | 3 |
| Structure | 3-0-0 |
| Pre-requisites | Undergraduate or M.Sc. level in Biochem/ |
| Overlaps | |
BBL757 : Electromicrobiologyu and Bioelectrochemical Systems
[edit]Common electroactive microorganisms (shewanella, Geobacter, weak electricigens); Microbial extracellular electron transfer (direct electron transfer, mediated electron transfer using soluble electron shuttles, microbial nanowires); Electrolytes in bioelectrochemical experiments (electrolytes as microbial growth medium, ion transport in electrolytes); Bio-electrodes (biofilm formation, role of planktonic electroactive community members, electrochemical features of the interface); Basics of electrochemical cells (electrode potenitial, thermodynamics, kinetics, overpotential, half-cell reactions, combining two half-cells, three-electrode set-ups); Characterisation of live electroactive Courses of Study 2024-2025 Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology 125125microbial cultures using voltammetry, chronoamperometry, chronocoulometry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Microbial fuel cells (power production, wastewater treatment, scale-up issues, common calculations, configurations and materials); microbial electrolysis cells (hydrogen and commodity chemical production); electrofermentation; bioelectrochemical sensors. BBV750 Bioreaction Engineering 1 Credit (1-0-0) Biology or Chem. Engg. Definitions of volumetric and specific rates. Yield and productivity of bioprocesses. Coupling of steady state black box stoichiometrics. Metabolic Flux Analysis. Transient operation, and the sensitivity of coupled enzymatic reactions to changes in the pathway flux. Design of bio-reactors with volumetric isotropy. The role of mixing in industrial bio-reactions. Large scale processes.