Open AccessIndustrial Applications of Ultrafiltration in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Author(s) -
Lipnizki F.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
engineering in life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1618-2863
pISSN - 1618-0240
DOI - 10.1002/elsc.200407047
Subject(s) - diafiltration , ultrafiltration (renal) , biochemical engineering , industrial biotechnology , process engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , process (computing) , engineering , chemistry , computer science , membrane , chromatography , biology , biochemistry , microfiltration , operating system
Ultrafiltration with diafiltration is a state‐of‐the‐art process used to separate solutions containing high and low molecular weight solutes. The focus of this paper is on the different concepts of ultrafiltration with diafiltration – batch, continuous and counter‐current – and the potential realization of diafiltration on an industrial scale in pharmaceutical biotechnology. Two case studies will be discussed from both technical and economical aspects.