Design of bioreactors and peripheries (Exercise/Practical):

• reactor types and geometry
• materials and surface treatment
• agitation system design
• insertion of stirrer
• sealings
• fittings and valves
• peripherals
• materials
• standardization
• demonstration in laboratory and pilot plant

Sterile operation:

• theory of sterilisation processes
• different sterilisation methods
• sterilisation of reactor and probes
• industrial sterile test, automated sterilisation
• introduction of biological material
• autoclaves
• continuous sterilisation of fluids
• deep bed filters, tangential flow filters
• demonstration and practice in pilot plant

Instrumentation and control:

• temperature control and heat exchange 
• dissolved oxygen control and mass transfer 
• aeration and mixing 
• used gassing units and gassing strategies
• control of agitation and power input 
• pH and reactor volume, foaming, membrane gassing

Bioreactor selection and scale-up:

• selection criteria
• scale-up and scale-down
• reactors for mammalian cell culture

Integrated biosystem:

• interactions and integration of microorganisms, bioreactor and downstream processing
• Miniplant technologies 

Team work with presentation:

• Operation mode of selected bioprocesses (e.g. fundamentals of batch, fed-batch and continuous cultivation)