Najafpour - Biochemical Engineering

Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Third Edition, continues to outline the principles of biochemical processes and explain their use in the manufacturing of everyday products. The author uses a direct approach that proved to be very useful for graduate students and fellow research scientists in following the concepts of biochemical engineering and practical applications related to the field of biotechnology. 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.

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.

1. Industrial Microbiology 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