This concise and systematically organized text provides a fundamental overview of bioprocess engineering in a simple and straightforward manner with emphasis on its scope and applications. It is built on core concepts such as thermodynamics, stoichiometry, reactor design, transport phenomena, and process control. The book helps students familiarize the state-of-the-art knowledge in topics such as metabolic engineering, enzyme kinetics, biomass growth and propagation, fermentation and other industrial bioprocesses.
About the Author
Kaushik Nath, (Ph.D., IIT, Kharagpur) is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Principal-in-charge , G H Patel College of Engineering and Technology, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. He holds 26 years of teaching and research experience with over 110 research articles in numerous international and national journals, magazines, conference proceedings to his credit and has contributed 9 book chapters. He was honored with the ‘Innovative Potential Project Award’ by the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2007; ‘Tech-Guru Award’ (2020) by the Gujarat Technological University and ‘IIChE-Lupin Industry’s Best Chemical Engineering Teacher Award’ (2021). He is a Fellow of ‘The Institution of Engineers (India)’ and Life member of the organizations IIChE, MRSI, IMS and ISTE. Dr. Nath is also the author of Membrane Separation Processes
1. Concept and Importance of Bioprocess Engineering * 2. Introduction to Microbial World * 3. Biochemistry of Important Molecules of Life * 4. Metabolic Stoichiometry and Bioenergetics * 5. Enzymes and Enzyme Catalysis * 6. Biomass Production in Cell Culture and Growth Kinetics * 7. Transport in Bioprocess Systems * 8. Bioreactors and Scale-up * 9. Fermentation Technology * 10. Recovery and Purification of Products * 11. Important Industrial Bioprocesses * 12. Biological Wastewater Treatment
