A First Course in Bioprocess Engineering

This concise and systematically organized text provides a fundamental overview of bioprocess engineering in a simple and straightforward manner with emphasis on its scope and applications. It is built on core concepts such as thermodynamics, stoichiometry, reactor design, transport phenomena, and process control. The book helps students familiarize the state-of-the-art knowledge in topics such as metabolic engineering, enzyme kinetics, biomass growth and propagation, fermentation and other industrial bioprocesses.