Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Membranes in Downstream Processing

Code

10191

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Departamento de Química

Credits

6.0

Teacher in charge

Isabel Maria Rola Coelhoso

Weekly hours

4

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

  1. To acquire general concepts about downstream processing
  2. To be able to apply previous knowledge, acquired in separation processes and transport phenomena, in the processing of biological media
  3. To be able to design process integration schemes
  4. To acquire knowledge about emerging process monitoring tools and their use for process control
  5. Understand how a specific problem may be approached by the Industry

Subject matter

  1. Introduction and general concepts
  2. Specificity of biological complex media and media /membrane interactions
  3. Product recovery and fractionation
  4. Product purification and polishing
  5. Hybrid processes and process integration
  6. Process monitoring and control

Bibliography

Specialized scientific journals.

Evaluation method

The evaluation includes:

  1. Laboratory sessions (2) and corresponding reports and discussion – group of 3 students.
  2. Proposal of a scientific project and oral presentation and discussion - individual.
  3. 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. 

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