Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- 3rd Edition - March 27, 2025
- Latest edition
- Author: Ghasem Najafpour
- Language: English
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Description
Description
This book is unique in having many solved problems, case studies, examples, and demonstrations of detailed experiments, with simple design equations and required calculations. All chapters are fully revised and updated and include the latest research results in the field of biochemical engineering and biotechnology. The new edition emphasizes practical aspects, microorganisms, and upgrades of new types of membrane bioreactors, and it contains more case studies and solved problems, along with seven new chapters on recent topics in biosensors, bioanode, nanoscience, hydrogel, conceptual investigations on biological processes for industrial wastewater treatment, and algal growth.
Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Third Edition, remains an indispensable reference for researchers in bioprocess engineering, chemical and physical biological treatment of industrial wastewater, enzyme technology, fermentation processes, nanoparticle synthesis for antibiotic loading, medicine, and drug delivery.
Key features
Key features
- Fully revised and updated new edition, including the latest research results in biochemical engineering and biotechnology
- Expanded with seven new chapters covering biosensors, bioanode, microalgae growth, nanoscience, industrial wastewater treatment, and exopolysaccharide
- Indispensable reference for researchers in chemical, physical, and biological treatment of industrial wastewater, membrane bioreactors, biosensors, and bioanodes application in microbial fuel cells
- Strong emphasis on practical aspects and case studies, including extensive applications of biotechnology in biochemical engineering
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. Enzyme Technology
3. Gas and Liquid System
4. Fermentation Process Control
5. Growth Kinetics
6. Bioreactor Design
7. Downstream Processing
8. Immobilization of Microbial Cells for the Production of Organic Acid and Ethanol
9. Material and Elemental Balance
10. Application of Fermentation Processes
11. Production of Antibiotics
12. Production of Citric Acid
13. Bioprocess Scale-up
14. Single-Cell Protein
15. Sterilization
16. Membrane Reactor
17. Advanced Downstream Processing in Biotechnology
18. Biofuel Production
19. Microbial Fuel Cells: A New Source of Power
20. Biological Treatment
21. Towards Sustainable Practices in Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment
22. Mechanisms of Biological Nutrients Removals
23. Microalgae Biotechnological Potentials
24. Application of bioanodes in microbial fuel cells
25. Biosensors Developments: Fundamentals and Applications
26. Biomaterial-based hydrogels for bacterial infection treatment
27. Bacterial exopolysaccharides production and applications
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: March 27, 2025
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Ghasem Najafpour
Ghasem Najafpour is distinguished professor in Chemical Engineering and the Chairman of Biotechnology Research Center, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran. He is an educated scholar from University of Arkansas, USA with strong background in biological processes. He is deeply involved in research and teaching in biochemical engineering subjects since 1980 and has conducted many practical research projects in the fields of biofuel and biochemical engineering.
He has served as academic member of University of Mazandran, Visiting Professor at University of Waterloo, Canada and University of Arkansas, USA, University Science Malaysia (USM, Penang) and Babol Noshirvani University of Technology. He also spent his sabbatical leave at University of Arkansas, USA (1992-1993). He has expanded his scientific research activities on single cell protein (SCP), hydrogen as clean fuel, microbial fuel cells, renewable energy and synthetic fuels. Since 2005, he was qualified and appointed as Professor in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran.