Recovery and Purification of Chemical and Biological Products
2025/2026
Content, progress and pedagogy of the module
Learning objectives
Knowledge
Students who complete the module must be able to
- account for industrial downstream processing methods for different types of products
- describe main principles of process design and development of downstream processing strategies
- explain effect of fermentation development on downstream processing (upstream versus downstream)
- account for separation principles and their effectiveness
- account for product release, secretion, cell disruption, flocculation processes, centrifugation, conventional filtration and membrane filtration, precipitation processes, process chromatography, product polishing, and distillation.
Skills
- calculate sizing and scale up of most frequently used unit operations
- develop complete processes
Type of instruction
- Lectures
- Workshops
- Exercises
Extent and expected workload
150 hours
Exam
Exams
| Name of exam | Recovery and Purification of Chemical and Biological Products |
| Type of exam | Written or oral exam |
| ECTS | 5 |
| Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
| Type of grading | Internal examination |
| Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures |
Facts about the module
| Danish title | Oprensning af kemiske og biologiske produkter |
| Module code | K-KT-K1-33 |
| Module type | Course |
| Duration | 1 semester |
| Semester | Autumn
|
| ECTS | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Empty-place Scheme | Yes |
| Location of the lecture | Campus Esbjerg |
| Responsible for the module |
Organisation
| Education owner | Master of Science (MSc) in Engineering (Bioengineering) |
| Study Board | Study Board of Chemistry and Bioscience |
| Department | Department of Chemistry and Bioscience |
| Faculty | The Faculty of Engineering and Science |
