ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.25 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.5
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable
In this subject, a set of contents is approached in a global and integrated way that provide the Graduate in Biotechnology with the necessary perspective to take part in the correct conception, installation or operation of an industrial bioprocess. Specifically, the following objectives are pursued:
-To identify and distinguish the different elements of the process flow diagrams of industrial biotechnological processes.
-To list the sustainability requirements in bioprocesses from a life cycle perspective.
-To apply software packages for the simulation and modeling of bioprocesses.
-To solve eco-efficiency problems.
LECTURERS (20 h)
Block I: Types of bioprocesses within white biotechnology: enzymes, antibiotics, amino acids and pharmaceutical compounds. Biofuels. Bioplastics. Bioprocess analysis. Structure and synthesis of bioprocess flowcharts. Stages of pretreatment (sterilization), bioreaction and separation ("downstreaming"). Biorefinery concept. Types of biorefineries (oils, lignocellulose, sugars, proteins, biogas, etc).
Block II: Environmental benefits and sustainability. Environmental analysis of bioprocesses. Sustainable development goals. circular economy. Environmental management tools based on life cycle. Life cycle analysis, carbon footprint and water footprint. Ecodesign. Basic aspects of energy integration.
SEMINARS (5 h)
Three seminars will be dedicated to solving sterilization problems, necessary for conditioning in bioprocesses, and separation operations most commonly used in "downstreaming" (filtration, centrifugation, adsorption, etc.). Another seminar will be used in the presentation of a bioprocess and the last in the presentation of a scientific article on an environmental analysis of a bioprocess
COMPUTER LAB (12 h)
Simulation of industrial bioprocesses, environmental and energy analysis of bioprocesses using SuperProDesigner.
GROUP TUTORIAL (1.5 h)
Within the budgetary possibilities, a technical visit to an industrial facility is considered.
Bibliografía básica
DORAN, P.M. Bioprocess Engineering Principles. 2nd edition. Amsterdam. Elsevier, 2013. Recurso electrónico. ISBN 978-0-12-220851-5.
DIAZ, M. Ingeniería de Bioprocesos. Madrid. Ed. Paraninfo, 2012. ISBN 978-8-42-838123-9.
Bibliografía complementaria
SEIDER, W.D., LEWIN, D.R., SEADER, J.D., WIDAGDO, S., GANI, R. e NG, K.M. Product and Process Design Principles: Synthesis, Analysis, and Evaluation, 4ª ed. John Wiley and Sons, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-119-63696-0.
TURTON, R., BAILIE, R.C., WHITING, W.B. e SHAEIWITZ, J.A. Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes, 4ª ed. Upper Saddle, NJ, EE.UU: Prentice Hall, 2013. ISBN 978-0-13-261812-0.
HAUSCHILD, M.Z., ROSENBAUM, R.K., OLSEN, S.I. Life Cycle Assessment: theory and practice. Gewerbestrasse, Springer, 2018. ISBN 978-3-31-956474-6
SIMPSON, R. y SASTRY, S.K. Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering. New York, Springer-Verlag, 2013. Recurso electrónico. ISBN 978-1-4614-9126-2.
Specific skills
CE6- Be able to analyze and design biotechnological industrial processes and to apply them to product improvement.
Basic and general skills
Those described in the memory of the degree, which are: CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4 and CG5.
Cross-disciplinary skills
CT2 – To search, process, analyse and synthesize information from various sources.
CT6 – Critical thinking.
In the lectures, a master-class teaching to present the contents will be combined with the practical resolution of exercises that illustrate the theoretical contents. (CB.1, CB.2, CB.3, CB.4, CB.5, CG.1, CG.5, CE.6, CT.2)
The seminars will focus on the resolution of case-studies, sometimes individually and sometimes in groups, in order to emphasize and complement the contents seen in the lectures. The students will deliver some tasks developed during the seminars for evaluation. Attendance at this activity is mandatory. (CB.1, CB.2, CB.3, CB.4, CB.5, CG.1, CG.2, CG.3, CG.4, CG.5, CE.6, CT.2, CT.6)
The active participation of the students both in the lectures and in the seminars will be sought and encouraged.
In the computer lab, specific software will be used (energy integration, environmental analysis, bioprocess simulation), as well as the Excel spreadsheet, to carry out practical cases related to the theoretical contents seen in the lectures. Attendance at this activity is mandatory. (CB.2, CB.3, CG.2, CG.3, CG.5, CE.6, CT.2, CT.6)
A visit will be made to a biotechnology facility and the students will be proposed to prepare a report that especially considers the application of the concepts covered in the subject. Attendance at this activity is mandatory.
During the first week of the course, the compulsory completion of a work will be indicated, which will be presented at the last seminar session. Individual tutorials will be used to monitor the progress of the work.
The Learning Management System (LMS) will be used with the following objectives:
• To provide information on the subject (teaching guide, schedules, exams, announcements, etc.).
• To provide the didactic material for the classes (chapter slides, case-studies, complementary material, etc.).
• To serve as a means of communication between students and teachers.
• To deliver the tasks.
The MS Teams tool will be also used as a means of virtual student-teacher communication.
Final exam. There will be a final exam with a weight of 50%, being required to reach at least 4 points out of 10 to be able to compensate in the whole subject. The exam will have a theoretical part (short questions) with a weight of 50%, and a practical part with a weight of 50%. In both parts separately, at least 3.5 out of 10 must be reached in order to compensate.
Computer lab. The activities in the computer lab will have a weight of 25% of the final grade for the subject. It is mandatory to conduct this activity.
Activities. The proposed activities, including the compulsory work, will have a weight of 15% in the final grade.
Group tutorials. The participation of the students in the technical visit and the associated report will have a joint weight of 5% in the final grade. It is mandatory to conduct this activity.
Teacher report: 5%. Active participation (formulation of questions and/or answers) in the lectures and interactive classes will be valued.
Before taking the final exam, students will know the grades obtained in the other evaluable sections.
For the evaluation of the second opportunity, all the grades of the activities evaluated during the course will be maintained, except the final exam; therefore, the students will only have to take a new final exam.
Students who do not carry out some of the mandatory assessable activities will be considered NOT SHOWN.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the "Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of grades" shall apply.
The competencies evaluated in each item are listed below:
-Final exam: CB.1, CB.2, CB.3, CB.4, CB.5, CG.1, CG.2, CG.3, CG.4, CG.5, CE.6, CT.6
-Computer lab: CB.2, CB.3, CG.2, CE.6, CT.2, CT.6
-Activities: CB.2, CB.3, CB.4, CG.2, CG.3, CG.4, CG.5, CE.6, CT.2, CT.6
-Group tutorial: CB.3, CB.4, CG.1, CG.3, CG.4, CE.6, CT.2
-Teacher report: CB.1, CB.2, CB.3, CB.4, CB.5, CG.1, CG.2, CG.3, CG.4, CG.5, CE.6, CT.2, CT.6
The following table indicates the hours foreseen for each activity:
Activity ........................Face-to-face (h)..... Personal work (h)
Lecturers ...................................20......................... 30
Seminars............................ 5......................... 7.5
Computer lab.................12.......................... 18
Group tutorial....................1.......................... 1.5
Individual tutorial..........0.5..........................0.75
Exam and revision....................2........................ 14.25
Total.......................................40,5........................ 72
• Attendance and participation in class is recommended.
• It is recommended to use the Learning Management System of the subject and the tutorials to solve any doubts that may arise.
• It is recommended to have passed the following subjects: Fundamentals of biological processes. Thermodynamics and kinetics. Fluid transport and heat transmission. Mass transfer. Bioreactors. Environmental biotechnology.
Classes will be taught in Spanish, although didactic material will be handled in English.
Jorge Sineiro Torres
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816803
- jorge.sineiro [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Daniel Jose Franco Ruiz
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- daniel.franco.ruiz [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) PhD Assistant Professor
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| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom 09. Barbara McClintock |
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| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom 09. Barbara McClintock |
| 05.23.2024 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 12.Vasili Dokucháyev |
| 07.03.2024 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 12.Vasili Dokucháyev |