Educational guide

IDENTIFYING DATA

2024_25

Subject

CHEMICAL REACTORS AND FERMENTERS

Code

01737106

Study programme

1737 - MASTER UNIVERSITARIO EN PRODUCCION DE INDUSTRIAS FARMACEUTICAS

Descriptors

Credit.

Type

Year

Period

4.5

Compulsory

First

Language

Castellano

Prerequisites

Department

QUIMICA Y FISICA APLICADAS

Coordinador

FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ , CAMINO

E-mail

cferrd@unileon.es
ejmartr@unileon.es

Lecturers

FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ , CAMINO

MARTINEZ TORRES, ELIA JUDITH

Web

http://

General description

Tribunales de Revisión

Tribunal titular
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	QUIMICA Y FISICA APLICADAS	MORAN PALAO , ANTONIO
Secretario	QUIMICA Y FISICA APLICADAS	CARA JIMENEZ , JORGE
Vocal	QUIMICA Y FISICA APLICADAS	MARTINEZ MORAN , OLEGARIO

Tribunal suplente
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	QUIMICA Y FISICA APLICADAS	GARCIA PEREZ , ANA ISABEL
Secretario	QUIMICA Y FISICA APLICADAS	SANCHEZ MORAN , MARTA ELENA
Vocal	QUIMICA Y FISICA APLICADAS	GOMEZ BARRIOS , XIOMAR ARLETH

Topic

Sub-topic

1. INTRODUCTION ----------------------------------------------------------- 2. REACTOR CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS

1. Batch and Continuous Reactors.
2. Microbial Growth Kinetics. Enzimatic reactions. Inhibition and Desactivation.

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3. Catalyst Immobilization: Methods and Applications.
4. Mass Transfer Fundamentals
5. Non Conventional Reactors
6. Stirring and mixing techniques
7. Nonideal Reactors. Residence Time
Distributions.
8. Volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kLa) Determination in gas-liquid reactors.
9. Microbial death and decay. Aeration systems.
10. Principles and Strategies for Scaling up.

Methodologies :: Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Laboratory practicals	4	6	10

Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms	4	6	10
Field work/trips	2	3	5
PBL (Problem Based Learning)	4	6	10
Seminars	1	1.5	2.5
Personal tuition	1	1.5	2.5

Lecture	25	37.5	62.5

Mixed tests	4	6	10

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies ::

	Description
Laboratory practicals	Laboratory practicals with reactors
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms	Introduction to SuperPro Designer Software applied to simple processes involving reactors.
Field work/trips	Industrial plant visit (depending on availability)
PBL (Problem Based Learning)	Problem solving proposals
Seminars	It will address issues related to the subject and depending on availability, professionals of pharmaceutical industry might participate.
Personal tuition	Individual or group tutorials to resolve doubts about the subject.
Lecture	Sessions in which the objectives and contents of each topic are presented.

Description

	Description	Qualification
Mixed tests		70%
Others	Practicals reports, problems and/or assignments proposed during sessions	30%

Other comments and second call
A minimum mark of 4 in the mixed tests is required to pass the course. Once this condition is fulfilled, the marks corresponding to others ( practicals reports, problems and/or assignments proposed during sessions will be considered applying the percentages in the table to obtain final mark. The final mark obtained must be equal or higher than 5. The use and mere possession of electronic devices that enable communication (mobile phones, radio transmitters, etc.) is expressly forbidden. Any irregularity occurring during the evaluation test, on the basis of current regulations of the University, will be punished.

Basic	Díaz, Mario, Ingeniería de Bioprocesos, Paraninfo, 2012 Santamaría Ramiro, Jesús Marcos , Ingeniería de reactores, Síntesis, 2010 Doran, Pauline M., Principios de ingeniería de los bioprocesos, Acribia, 1998

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