BioSeparations

Biomaterial properties and their Exploitation in Separations

Dr. Luke V. Schneider

This book is intended as a 4th year or graduate studies text for coursework in bio separations. While synthetic chemical syntheses produce a major product with few by-products, biological syntheses produce orders-of-magnitude more contaminating molecules and the product of interest is often in low concentration.  Many of these contaminants are similar in composition to the target molecule.  These facts make bioseparations significantly more complex that those typically required for synthetic chemical processes.  Furthermore, the physiochemical properties of many biological molecules can narrow the conditions under which such separations can be conducted.  The initial chapters of this text cover the calculation of the physiochemical properties of biomaterials that can be exploited in separation processes.  The latter chapters cover models for the various bioseparation processes that can be applied to separate and purify the biologically-produced compound of interest from the remainder to cellular materials and how to scale these up to the plant level.  It is assumed that the student will have prerequisite courses in biochemistry and separation sciences.