COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 6109 FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA YAVUZ ERGÜN

Offered to

M.Sc.Biochemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry
Ph.D in Biochemistry

Course Objective

The medium conditions in fermentation technology, sterilization, inoculation, aeration, agitation applications and characterization, microbial growth kinetic, fermentor design, purification of fermentation products, recovery of these products and waste material applications will be discussed and evaluated.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Examine fermentation process and microbial growth kinetic,
2   Examine and evaluate the effects of the medium, sterilization, inoculation, aeration, agitation and waste material application for industrial fermentation,
3   Examine how a fermentor can be designed, its instrumentation and control,
4   Correlate the recovery and purification of fermentation products with various techniques,
5   Aware of the importance of fermentation technology in country economy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Fermentation Process
2 Coordination in Microbial Metabolism
3 Microbial Fermentation Kinetic
4 Mediums in Fermentation, Sterilization, Aeration- Agitation, Inoculation and Optimizations
5 Optimization of Fermentation Accessories in Fermentor Design
6 Recovery and Purification of Fermentation Products
7 Production of Some Organic Acids in Fermentation Technology-I
8 Midterm exam
9 Production of Some Organic Acids in Fermentation Technology-II
10 Antibiotic Production in Fermentation Technology-I
11 Antibiotic Production in Fermentation Technology-II
12 Vitamine Production in Fermentation Technology
13 Alcohol Production in Fermentation Technology
14 Bioconversion in Fermentation Technology; Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Principles of Fermentation Technology, P.F. Stanbury, A. Whıtaker and S.J. Hall, 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Interactive narrative
3. Question-answer technique
4. Home work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term, final and resit exams, active participation to the lecture, homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

leman.tarhan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30-15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 172

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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