Bioproducts case studies

Cerda J, Gonzalez S, Rfos JM, Quintana T (1993) Uranium concentrates bioproduction in Spain a case study. FEMS Microbiol Rev 11 253-260... 

Abstract In this chapter, membrane bioreactors are described from an economic point of view. Economic analysis is a crucial stage in plant design, project and control and also requires an evaluation of the research, development and commercialization of the products and bioproducts. Such an analysis is focused here on membrane bioreactors and reactors, also taking into account the separation units such as micro-, ultra- and nano-flltration units that might be used as a downstream process or as pretreatment steps. The most important rules and parameters are first introduced. Some examples of application and case studies are also reported. 

The aforementioned are brief examples of successful industrial applications of biocatalysts. In the following section, four detailed case studies of enzymatic processing of lipid-based bioproducts, namely partial acylglycerols, bioactive compounds, phospholipids and fatty acid alkyl esters are presented. 

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