Protein Bioseparation Using Ultrafiltration (Theory, Applications and New Developments) || Selectivity of Protein Fractionation in Ultrafiltration

✍ Scribed by Ghosh, Raja

• Book ID: 127131225
• Publisher: PUBLISHED BY IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS AND DISTRIBUTED BY WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO.
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 138 KB
• Edition: 2
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 186094938X
• DOI: 10.1142/9781860949388_0008

✦ Synopsis

Ultrafiltration is a pressure-driven, membrane-based separation process, which is used for a broad variety of applications, ranging from the processing of biological macromolecules to wastewater treatment. It has significant advantages over competing separation technologies. Food and biotechnological applications account for nearly 40% of the current total usage of ultrafiltration membranes. Protein bioseparation is an important component of this application segment. Ultrafiltration is used for protein concentration, desalting, clarification and fractionation (i.e. protein-protein separation). Concentration, desalting and clarification are technologically less demanding and have been in used in the bioprocess industry for some time. Protein fractionation, on the other hand, is a challenging proposition and is definitely a more recent development. This book focuses primarily on protein fractionation.