Bioprocess Engineering

Bioprocess Engineering: Kinetics, Biosystems, Sustainability, and Reactor is a systematic and comprehensive textbook on bioprocess kinetics, molecular transformation, bioprocess systems, sustainability and reaction engineering. Dr. Shijie Liu reviews the relevant fundamentals of chemical kinetics, batch and continuous reactors, biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, reaction engineering, bioprocess systems engineering, introducing key principles that enable bioprocess engineers to engage in the analysis, optimization, selection of cultivation methods, design and consistent control over molecular biological and chemical transformations. The quantitative treatment of bioprocesses is the central theme in this text, while more advanced techniques and applications are covered with some depth. This text reflects powerful advances that are transforming the field, ranging from genetic sequencing to new techniques for producing proteins from recombinant DNA, from complex molecular regulation to interactive enzymes, from green chemistry to process stability and sustainability, from reactive and biohazard to process safety. It introduces techniques with broad applications to the conversion of renewable biomass, the production of chemicals, materials, pharmaceuticals, biologics, and commodities to medical applications such as tissue engineering and gene therapy; and for solving critical environmental problems. In addition to updated contents, the third edition presents the much improved treatise and fundamental principles on complex molecular transformations: solid catalysis (cooperative catalysis) and complex enzymatic catalysis. Real reactors and their analysis are also covered in this new edition.

• Includes biological molecules and chemical reaction basics, cell biology and genetic engineering
• Describes kinetics and catalysis at molecular and cellular levels, along with the principles of fermentation
• Covers advanced topics and treatise in interactive enzyme and molecular regulations, also covering solid catalysis
• Explores bioprocess kinetics, mass transfer effects, reactor analysis, control and design