Bioprocess Design & Economic Evaluation
Focussing on how to specify the process and how to determine its economic feasibility
3 - 7 June 2013
The module focuses on how to specify a complex bioprocess and determine its economic feasibility. It will:
- Specify a major item of process equipment.
- Interpret engineering drawings used in equipment procurement.
- Perform economic analyses of the process and determine sensitivities to process changes.
- Achieve value for money in complex engineering projects.
- Recommend a process that is technically feasible and economically viable.
- Determine the types of data needed to specify unit operations and processes.
- Develop process flowsheets and mass balances.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for engineers, chemists, biologists, biochemists and biotechnologists who are interested in process design for the manufacture of biological products. Each concept and topic covered will be explained for the beginner - an example case study is followed through the bioprocess design procedure to allow an economic appraisal of the design to be performed. This learning is carried forward to the following "Bioprocess Facility Design" course which examines the next stage of a bioprocess design.
Typically delegates are: R&D scientists, engineers or managers who need to learn more about the typical steps which constitute the preliminary design process in conjunction with the "Bioprocess Facility Design" course.
Programme
Monday 3 June
• Introduction to Module
• The Business Case for Multi-Purpose Facilities
• Case Study: Development of Preliminary Flowsheets
Tuesday 4 June
• Defining the End Product Specification
• Case Study: Revision of Flowsheets to Achieve End Product Specification
• Achieving Fast Mass Balances and Flowsheets
• Case Study: Process Mass Balance
• Introduction to Cost Estimation
• Case Study: Industrial Cost Estimation Including Analysis of Hidden Costs
• Case Studies: Process Costing & Sensitivity Analysis
Wednesday 5 June
• Process Equipment from Specification to Installation
• Case Study: User Requirement Specification
• Design of Process Operation & Control
• Case Study: Piping & Instruments Diagram
• Case Study: Process Operation
Thursday 6 June
• Case Study: Process Costings and Process Changes
• Design project presentations to a panel of senior industrialists
Module Leaders
Daniel Bracewell and Tarit Mukhopadhyay
Invited Expert Speakers
Andrew Brown, Biopharm Services
Chris Davis, Mott Macdonald
Andy Hooker, Syntaxin Ltd
Angela Osborne, eXmoor pharma concepts
Vaughan Thomas, Tillingbourne Consulting
A social networking event will be held for delegates and speakers
The module costs £1300, with a £100 discount if you register and pay before 22 April.
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