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Study Plan
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Laurea in Biotecnologie - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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Fundamentals of environmental biotechnological processes (2018/2019)
Teaching code
4S003260
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
ING-IND/25 - CHEMICAL PLANTS
The teaching is organized as follows:
teoria
laboratorio
Learning outcomes
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The course of Foundamental of Environmental biotechnology provides basic and advanced knowledge of biological processes involved in wastewater treatment. During the course the main parameters affecting the removal efficiencies and the yields of the main biological, chemical and physical process will be evaluated. The course also provides groundwork regarding biotechnological industrial processes and bio-refineries for the treatment and valorization of different type of biomass into biofuel and high added value products (biopolymers, fertilizers, etc.) from such as, sewage sludge and agricultural residues. The laboratory practices will provide knowledge of: - Characterization of liquid and solid waste matrices through basic chemical-physical analysis and ; - Monitoring of bioprocesses and mass balances.
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Laboratory practices will cover experimental and monitoring activities of bioreactor dedicated for wastewater treatment. The collected data will be used by the students to recover mass and energy and matter in a technical/ scientific report. The quality of the papers will be considered for the evaluation of the final exam grade.
Program
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Mass balance of environmental bioprocesses, calculation of yields and efficiencies; Enzyme kinetics, Michaelis Menten equation, Inhibition, Microbial Growth and Monod Equation, Goundwork of environmental bioreactors for bio-refineries application, numerical exercises of real case studies; Biological oxidation, nitrification, denitrification, biological phosphorus removal, etc.), energy recovery through anaerobic digestion. Graphic representation of an environmental chemical/bioprocess, use of simulators (software) for modeling and testing of environmental bioreactors.
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Analyses of the COD concentration in the influent, effluent and waste activated sludge from the bioreactor; Analyses of the nitrogen forms concentration in the influent, effluent and waste activated sludge from the bioreactor; Analyses of the organic phosphorus and orto-phosphate concentration in the influent, effluent and waste activated sludge from the bioreactor; Respirometric analyses to determine the COD fractions in a wastewater
Bibliography
| Activity | Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| teoria | Pauline M. Doran | Bioprocess Engineering Principles | Academic Press | 1995 | 0-12-220855-2 | |
| laboratorio | Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht Per H. Nielsen Carlos M. Lopez-Vazquez Damir Brdjanovic | Experimental Methods in Wastewater Treatment | IWA Publishing | 2016 | 9781780404745 |
Examination Methods
Attending or non-attending candidates must attend the final exam consisting of a written test followed by an oral test. The written test consists of 2 numerical exercises and a question related to the theoretical part of the lesson. The written test will be evaluated with a maximum score of 25/30. The oral test as a topic of discussion is the candidate's report on practical laboratory experience. The rating will have a maximum score of 5/30. The final outcome will be the sum of the scores obtained from the written test and oral test.
