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Bioprocess Engineering: Kinetics, Sustainability, and Reactor Design, Third Edition, is a systematic and comprehensive textbook on bioprocess kinetics, molecular transformation, bioprocess systems, sustainability and reaction engineering. The book reviews the relevant fundamentals of chemical kinetics, batch and continuous reactors, biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, reaction engineering and 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, however more advanced techniques and applications are also covered.
List of contents
Part I: Fundamentals
1. What is Bioprocess Engineering?
2. An Overview of Biological Basics
3. An Overview of Chemical Reaction Analysis
4. Batch Reactor
5. Ideal Flow Reactors
Part II: Kinetics and Molecular Interactions
6. Kinetic Theory and Reaction Kinetics
7. Enzymes
8. Chemical Reactions on Solid Surfaces
9. Protein-Ligand Interactions
10. Molecular Regulation
Part III: Cells: Function and Manipulations
11. Cell Metabolism
12. Evolution and Genetic Engineering
Part IV: Cultivation and Fermentation
13. How Cells Grow
14. Cell Cultivation
Part V: Bioprocess System and Reaction Engineering
15. Sustainability and Stability
16. Combustion, Reactive Hazard and Bioprocess Safety
17. Mass Transfer Effects: Immobilized and Heterogeneous Reaction Systems
Part VI: Reactor Engineering and Quality Design
18. Bioreactor Design & Operation
19. Real Reactors and Residence Time Distributions
20. Design of Experiment
About the author
Dr. Shijie Liu is a Professor of bioprocess engineering at the State University of New York – College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF). He graduated from Chengdu University of Science and Technology (now Sichuan University) with a BSc. majored in Chemical Engineering. His PhD in Chemical Engineering was earned from University of Alberta. Dr. Liu has 30 years of experience in academia and 5 years of experience in industry. He is a fellow of AIChE, and published over 200 scholarly papers. Earned a spot on the prestigious Top 2% Most Influential Scientists list by Stanford University and Elsevier. Current active research areas include Stem Cells, Fermentation, Biomolecular Kinetics, Bioreactors, Design of Experiments (for Quality Control and Kinetic Analysis). Taught Biomolecular Kinetics, Biochemical Reaction Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering of Reactions, among other courses over the past 20 years.
