Chemical and Pharmaceutical Process Engineering course is aimed at providing the understanding of the unit operations employed in the pharmaceutical industry, in the chemical part of API synthesis, as well as in the dosage form manufacturing. Operations or their aspects that are beyond the scope of general chemical engineering courses constitute the essential part of this course. The understanding of the unit operations and process principles is supported by substantial amount of insight into properties of particulate solids, considering their key role in contemporary solid dosage forms design and manufacturing, and also by introductory course into the process control and safety.

R:Rhodes M.,Introduction to Particle Technology,Wiley,New York,2008,0471984833

R:Hickey A.J.,Pharmaceutical Process Engineering,M.Dekker,2001,0824702980

A:Levin M.,Pharmaceutical process scale up,M.Dekker,2002,0824706250

A:Klefenz H.,Industrial Pharmaceutical Biotechnology,Wiley,N.Y.,2002,3527299955

A:Fogler H.S.,Elements of Reaction Engineering,Prentice,Hall,New Jersey,2000,0130473944

1. Characteristics and characterization of particles and particulate systems

2. Particle size reduction and classification

3. Introduction to mechanics of particulate solids

4. Particle agglomeration processes, high-shear, and fluidized-bed granulation

5. Compaction processes

6. Extrusion and postprocessing of agglomerated products

7. Tablet compression

8. Mixing and segregation in particulate systems

9. Pharmaceutical processes scale up, general scale up considerations

10. Fluid flow and transport in pharma applications

11. Processes involving particulate solid interaction with liquids

12. Applied reaction kinetics

13. Reaction kinetics of biotechnological processes

14. Introduction to process control, safety considerations in chemical and pharmaceutical processes