COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞENOL ALPAT

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biotechnology
Ph.D. in Biotechnology
BIOTECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

Biosorption is an effective technology to remove of organic compounds, metallic elements and especially heavy metals from aqueous solutions. When compared with chemical precipitation, evaporation, elektroplating, adsorption and ion exchange for the removal of trace contaminants, biosorption has advantages such as low cost due to high efficiency and economic sorbents. Nowadays, a wide array of biomaterials are tested as biosorbent for algae, fungi, yeast, activated sludge, aerobics granules, etc.. Of these sorbents, granules aerobic microbial other biyofloklardan more compact structure so biosorption more easily pre-treatment processes are used. Biosorption involves complex mechanisms such as adsorbiyon reaction, ion exchange reaction of functional groups on the cell surface and surface complexation reaction mechanism with extracellular polymeric substances. So far, studies have focused on a better understanding of biosorption mechanism and purification of industrial waste water. The aim of this course is to teach the basic information required for the basic and main applications of biosorption. The pilot and full-scale applications in the laboratory constitute the basic researchs of biosorption technology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Volesky, B., Sorption and Biosorption, Montreal, Canada, 2004
Supplementary Book(s): Liu and Jianlong Wang, Fundamentals and Applications of Biosorption Isotherms, Kinetics and Thermodynamics. (Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology), Nova Science Pub Inc,Gebundene Ausgabe, 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Question-answer technique
3. Homework

Assessment Methods

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 and final exams, homework and presentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Buca Education, Department of Chemistry
senol.alpat@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30 - 15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes