Membrane separation technology biotechnology

Ripperger, S., Schultz, G., and Pupa, W., Membrane Separation Processes, Biotechnology, Proc. Fifth Annual Membrane Technology Planning Conference, Cambridge (Oct., 1987)... 

The Handbook of Membrane Separations Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food, and Biotechnological Applications, Second Edition provides detailed information on membrane separation technologies from an international team of experts. 

V. K. Garg, S. E. Zale, A. R. M. Azad and O. D. Holton, Role of Functionalized Membrane Separation Technology in Downstream Processing of Biotechnology-Derived Proteins, edited by P. S. Todd, K. Sikdar and M. Bier, American Chemical Society Conference Proceedings Series ... 

Stamatelatou, K., KopsaheUs, A., BUka, P. S., Paraskeva, C. A., Lyberatos, G. (2009). Anaerobic digestion of oUve mill wastewater in a periodic anaerobic baffled reactor (PABR) followed by further effluent purification via membrane separation technologies. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 84, 909—917. 

Liao, B.Q., Catalan, L.J.J., Droppo, I.G. and Liss, S.N. (2004) Impact of chemical oxidation on sludge properties and membrane flux in membrane separation bioreactors. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 79, 1342-1348. 

During the past two decades, membrane technology has grown into an accepted unit of operation for a wide variety of separations in industrial processes and environmental applications. Written by prominent researchers and professionals from all over the world, the Handbook of Membrane Separations Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food, and Biotechnological Applications covers the full spectrum of membrane technology and discusses its advancement and applications. 

I) Recovering Solvents/Gases => Separation Technologies Solvents Membranes Oxidation Electrotechnologies Biotechnology... 

Membrane science can strongly contribute, in this sense, to further developments of immobilized enzyme reactors for industrial processes. This well assessed technology seems, in fact, very promising for the design of compact and flexible apparatus and particularly useful when a separation step is to be coupled to the chemical reaction.5 A number of applications of membrane processes to biotechnology are already in operation.6... 

In membrane extraction, the treated solution and the extractant/solvent are separated from each other by means of a solid or liquid membrane. The technique is applied primarily in three areas wastewater treatment (e.g., removal of pollutants or recovery of trace components), biotechnology (e.g., removal of products from fermentation broths or separation of enantiomers), and analytical chemistry (e.g., online monitoring of pollutant concentrations in wastewater). Figure 18a shows schematically an industrial hollow fiber-based pertraction unit for water treatment, according to the TNO technology (263). The unit can be integrated with a him evaporator to enable the release of pollutants in pure form (Figure 18b). 

Vane, L.M. and Alvarez, F.R. (2008) Membrane-assisted vapor stripping energy-efficient hybrid distillation vapor permeation processes for alcohol-water separation. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 83(9), 1275-1287. 

The progress made in the last years in membrane science and technology has a positive fall out, not only in separation industrial processes but also in biotechnology and medical applications. 

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