PhD Courses in Denmark

This course is aimed at introducing special topics from the current state-of-the-art in process technology and engineering. The objective is to give the participants a quick, but thorough introduction to the latest developments in process technology from chemistry and biotechnology to engineering, which otherwise would not be possible due to lack of formal courses on such topics. At the same time, the course will help the participants in getting a broader view on tools for systematic understanding, designing, operating, analyzing and troubleshooting processes covering new process technologies.

A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

• Identify advanced process technologies in the field of interest
• Describe characteristics of relevant advanced process technologies at any scale
• Identify characteristics of relevant advanced process technologies at any scale
• Understand and describe tools for analysis and evaluation of new processes/technologies
• Perform analysis to identify process challenges in current designs
• Solve process challenges using advanced process technologies
• Use and apply evaluation tools for comparison of new processes/technologies
• Perform process integration

In order to design sustainable processes for the future, it is essential to use advanced process technologies. It requires a holistic and a systematic view on the process for a systematic identification of (novel) advanced process technologies to be used to match the individual challenges of the process. Because of the potentially large range of topics that can be covered, a selection of topics will be considered each year, based on the background of the participants and the current state of the art. Some examples of the topics are listed below: process technologies in biocatalysis; process/unit operations integration; process intensification; design of sustainable processes or processes based on Green Engineering Principles; Scale translation; Process Analytical Technology; Evaluation tools based on sustainability, economic evaluation, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Design of experiments; kinetics and reaction modeling; microfluidic application in biotechnology; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); spectroscopic methods for bioprocesses; etc. Each topic will be analysed in terms of the generic problem to be addressed, the (available or desirable) solution strategy (methodological, model-based, experimental, etc.), necessary and desirable tools, advantages/disadvantages, limitations, application (operating) window and testing of possible improvements.