Course Description

05-383 Bio-Process Engineering F(3-1) [0.50]

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 balances for drying evaporation, distillation and extraction.

Prerequisites: 05-223, (05-266 or 05-336).

Corequisite: 05-326.

Course Profile

1998-99 Undergraduate Calendar