Basic Bioreactor Design

Based on a graduate course in biochemical engineering, Basic Bioreactor Design provides the basic knowledge needed for the efficient design of bioreactors and offers the relevant principles and data required for practical process engineering, with an emphasis on enzyme reactors and aerated reactors for microorganisms. Creating a work that serves equally as a text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students and as a reference for those in the field, the authors illustrate the economic optimization of existing processes, and treat the topics of selectivity, activity, and stability as they relates to the productivity of a biocatalyst. Exercises are included that help clarify reactor design concepts.