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1. Bioseparations engineering Definition: Recovery, isolation, purification and polishing of products synthesized by biotechnological processes
Extended definition: Final polishing steps of processes such as biotechnology based effluent treatment and water purification
3. Challenges in bioseparations engineering
4. Biological products
5. Biological products (contd..)
6. A good bioseparation process: Ensures desired purity of product
Ensures stability of product
Keeps cost low
Is reproducible
Is scalable
Meets regulatory guidelines
7. Economic importance of bioseparation engineering
8. Strategies for bioseparation A large number of bioseparation methods are available
The strategy is based on how best these can be utilized for a given separation
The following need to be taken into account:
The volume of process stream
The relative abundance of the product in this process stream
The intended use of the product, i.e. purity requirements
The cost of the product
Stability requirements
9. Conventional strategy: The RIPP scheme Recovery, isolation, purification and polishing
Based on a logical arrangement of bioseparation methods
Low-resolution, high-throughput techniques (e.g. precipitation, filtration, centrifugation, crystallization) are first used for recovery and isolation
High-resolution techniques (e.g. adsorption, chromatography, electrophoresis) are then used for purification and polishing
It is now possible to avoid this RIPP scheme
10. Bioseparation methods Low resolution-high throughput
Cell disruption
Precipitation
Centrifugation
Liquid-liquid extraction
Leaching
Filtration
Supercritical fluid extraction
Microfiltration
Dialysis
High resolution-low throughput
Ultracentrifugation
Adsorption
Packed bed chromatography
Affinity separation
Electrophoresis
11. Bioseparation methods (contd..) High resolution-high throughput
Ultrafiltration
Fluidized bed chromatography
Membrane chromatography
Monolith column chromatography
In this course we will discuss:
Ultrafiltration
Membrane chromatography (membrane adsorption)