Centrifugal Separations in Biotechnology

"This book is the first devoted to centrifugal separation in biotechnology. It is of value to professionals in the chemical, bioprocess, and biotech sectors, and all those concerned with bioseparation, bioprocessing, unit-operations and process engineering."--BOOK JACKET.

Autorentext

Dr. Wallace Woon-Fong Leung is Chair Professor of Innovative Products and Technologies, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Research Institute of Innovative Products and Technologies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Klappentext
Devoted to centrifugal separation in biotechnology. This title covers applications for the separation of proteins, DNA, mitochondria, ribosomes, lysosomes and other cellular elements. It provides process information and data to assist in the development of particular processes from existing systems.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Principles of the Sedimenting (solid wall) Centrifuge 3. Batch Centrifuges - manual and automatic cake discharge 4. Continuous Disk Centrifuge 5. Applications of Sedimenting Centrifuges in Biopharmaceutical Applications 6. Cake thickening and Dewatering 7. Centrifuge Testing 8. Centrifuge Selection 9. Centrifuge Sizing 10. Centrifuge Troubleshooting and Optimization 11. Numerical Simulation 12. Centrifugal Separation with Membranes