Syllabus 2009/2010 BLT015

Syllabus academic year 2009/2010
(Created 2009-08-11.)

UNIT OPERATIONS IN THE BIOTECH AND FOOD INDUSTRY

BLT015

Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Level: G2 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in English on demand. BLT015 overlap following cours/es: BLT010, BLT010, BLT010, BLT010 och BLT010. Compulsory for: B3. Course coordinator: Christian Trägårdh, christian.tragardh@food.lth.se, Livsmedelsteknik. Prerequisites: KKK070 Biotechnology,. Recommended prerequisits: KAT090 Chemical Engineering, Transport Phenomena, FMA410 Mathematics, Analysis in one dimension, FMA430 Mathematics, Analysis in many dimensions. Assessment: The course is examined in group as well as individually on a graded scale, and is based on the project work, written examination, opposition and home assignment. Home page: http://www.food.lth.se.

Aim

to synthesize and deepen knowledge from previous courses in the processing field and give the student insights how it can be applied on industrial problems.
to give the student experience in applied experimental planning, experimental work on processing equipment in pilot scale and validate experimental results, with the purpose of solving industrial problems using a theoretical approach.
to train the student in project work, written as well as oral reporting of the project assignment.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to formulate mass and energy balances in the form of differential equations derived from transport phenomena taking place in studied unit operations, and solving them using mathematical tools.
have a basic knowledge in some unit operations important to the biotech and food industry.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to plan and perform experimental work in pilot scale.
have the capability to use mathematical and experimental methods to solve technical problems of relevant unit operations.
apply project team work for solving engineering problems of unit operations.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

be able to validate experimental results in relation to computed as expected from theory.
be able to apply mathematical and experimental methods for solving complex technical problems
be able to present, discuss and assess results in written form as well as oral to an audience of peers

Contents
This course is run mainly as a project laboratory work and in the form of a project (a process engineering assignment) that will be carried out by a project group. It will train the ability to run a project and work in a group. The project work includes search and the reading of literature, forwarding hypotheses for the phenomena taking place and that need to be solved, planning of required experiments, experimental work on the unit operation equipment in pilot scale, evaluating the experimental data and reporting. Within the project also includes a qualified theoretical/computational simulations part for the studied unit operation. Data for its assessment will be taken from the own experiments or from literature.

The course will mainly be in the form of a project performed by a self-steering project group. Each group will have an advisor.

Peer assessment is an integrated part of the project work.

An home assignment in the form of a computational taske related to the performance of a unit operation is also included.

Mathematical tools: In the project as well as home assignment process computations need to be done, and based in integral or differential mass and energy balances, in Matlab and COMSOL Multiphysics.

Literature
Kessler, H.-G., Food and Bio Process Engineering, Dairy Technology, Verlag A. Kessler, 2002, 3-9802378-5-0
McCabe, Smith, Harriot, , Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill,NY,2001, 0-07-118173-3