- Degree Bachelor
- Code: PD512
- Credit hrs: 3
- Prequisites: None
The course provides students with an introduction to industrial pharmacy. It deals with the principles of various unit operations such as heat transfer, evaporation, drying, distillation, filtration, centrifugation, crystallization and extraction. It focuses on the application of these unit operations in the pharmaceutical industry with emphasis on the equipment and machines used during the production of different dosage forms.
Bachelor of Pharmacy - PharmD
1.1 Outline principles and objectives of some unit operations widely used in drug manufacturing as heat transfer, evaporation, drying, crystallization and filtration and the factors affecting each process.
1.2 Identify essential ideas, aspects, advantages and disadvantages related to different pharmaceutical unit operations.
1.3 Outline the construction and role of each part of different equipment used in pharmaceutical manufacture and their optimal applications.
2.1 Solve problems associated with different unit operations.
2.2 Recommend the proper technique and equipment for the production of pharmaceuticals.
2.3 Judge on product quality according to the selected equipment.
4.1 Improve skills within a setting of self-learning and appreciate the need for independent life-long continuing education in addition to team work.
4.2 Practice numeric and other computations, including use of units, mathematical functions, modes of data presentation, and presentation skills.
4.3 Keep up with pharmaceutical literature and with new developments of the pharmacy profession and pharmaceutical industry.
Aulton, Michael E., and Kevin M.G. Taylor. Aulton's Pharmaceutics: The Design and Manufacture of Medicines. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2018.
| content serial | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Heat transfer introduction. (Lecture) |
| 1 | Heat transfer through single wall. (Practical) |
| 2 | Heat transfer: theory, types of steam and mechanisms of heat transfer. (Lecture) |
| 2 | Heat transfer through composite walls. (Practical) |
| 3 | Types of heaters and heat exchangers. (Lecture) |
| 3 | Heat transfer through pipes.(Practical) |
| 4 | Evaporation: concept, mechanism, and problems encountered during evaporation. (Lecture) |
| 4 | Case study on heat transfer problem solving. (Practical) |
| 5 | Evaporation equipment. (Lecture) |
| 5 | Evaporation laws and calculation of rate of evaporation and mass of steam, part I.(Practical) |
| 6 | Filtration: introduction, mechanism and factors affecting filtration rate. (Lecture) |
| 6 | Evaporation laws and calculation of rate of evaporation and mass of steam, part II. (Practical) |
| 7 | Filtration equipment part 1. (Lecture) |
| 7 | Case study on evaporation problem solving. (Practical) |
| 8 | Filtration equipment part 2 . (Lecture) |
| 8 | Filtration problems. (Practical) |
| 9 | Drying: theory, objectives & classes of dryers. (Lecture) |
| 9 | Rotary drum filter case study. (Practical) |
| 10 | Tray and fluidized bed dryers: concept, operation, advantages, disadvantages. (Lecture) |
| 10 | Drying problems, part 1. (Practical) |
| 11 | Liquid dryers: advantages, disadvantages & applications. (Lecture) |
| 11 | Drying problems, part 2. (Practical) |
| 12 | Crystallization: theory, objectives and steps of crystallization. (Lecture) |
| 12 | Case study on filtration & drying problem solving. (Practical) |
| 13 | Factors affecting crystal size. (Lecture) |
| 13 | Oral presentations. (Practical) |
| 14 | Classification of crystallizers. (Lecture) |
| 14 | Oral presentations. (Practical) |
| 15 | Group Discussions. (Lecture) |
| 15 | Group Discussions + Final exam.(Practical) |
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