Membrane Contactors and Bioreactors
Code
10190
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Química
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Isabel Maria Rola Coelhoso, João Paulo Serejo Goulão Crespo
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
- To acquire general concepts about Membrane Contactors and Bioreactors
- To be able to design Membrane Bioreactors and Membrane Contactors
- To be able to design process integration schemes
- To acquire knowledge about emerging process monitoring tools and their use for process control
- Understand how a specific problem may be approached by the Industry
Subject matter
- Introduction and general concepts
- Cell Membrane Bioreactors
- Enzymatic Membrane Bioreactors
- Multiphasic Membrane Bioreactors
- Momentum, mass and heat transport in Membrane Contactors
- Selected case-studies of Membrane Contactors: liquid extraction, gas-liquid Membrane Contactors, membrane distillation, crystallization in Membrane Contactors, emulsification with Membrane Contactors
- Hybrid processes and process integration
- Process monitoring and control
Bibliography
Specialized scientific journals
Evaluation method
The evaluation includes:
- Laboratory sessions (2) and corresponding reports and discussion – group of 3 students.
- Proposal of a scientific project and oral presentation and discussion - individual.
- Tests (2) - individual
The final grade is composed by 25% of the grade obtained in the lab sessions (average value of the two experimental works) +25% of the grade obtained in the proposal +50% of the grade obtained in the tests (average value of the two tests).
In each component of the evaluation the grade has to be >=9.5, in a scale 0-20.