Course Description

05-383 Bio-Process Engineering F(3-1)

Application of engineering principles to the processing of biological products in the biological and food industry. Analysis and design of unit processes such as sedimentation, centrifugation, filtration, milling and mixing involving rheology and non-Newtonian fluid dynamics of biological materials. Analysis of heat and mass transfer for equipment and process design and control in drying, evaporation, distillation and extraction. (Last winter offering (W98).

Prerequisites: 05-223.

Corequisite: 05-326.

Course Profile

1998-99 Undergraduate Calendar