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Purification of Recombinant Plant-Made Proteins From Corn by Ultrafiltration

Nov 10, 2009
Matthew Aspelund
The use of corn as an expression host is an attractive system for the production of plant-made proteins. The use of plants lowers upstream costs making downstream the significant production cost. For some proteins, crossflow ultrafiltration could be a lower cost alternative. The potential for doing...

Gram-Scale Isolation of IEC Charge Variants Using Displacement Chromotography

Nov 10, 2009
Ryan Hutchinson
The pharmacokinetic profiles of monoclonal antibody charge variants are poorly understood because they differ only slightly from the “main” antibody species, are low in abundance, and extremely difficult to isolate in pure pools for intensive in vitro and in vivo studies. Because of this, the...

Optimize Energy Use in Distillation

March
2012
Reactions and Separations
Douglas C. White
Nonlinearities in the response of a column to changes in operating conditions and in common economic valuation functions can have significant impacts on the economic optimum energy consumption for the column. Here’s a way to account for such...

Select the Right Spray Nozzle

June
2001
Reactions and Separations
Peter  Welander, Terra L. Vincent
Finding the proper nozzle for specific applications doesn't have to be difficult. By applying basic concepts of nozzle technology, you can create a droplet profile that best suits your needs.

Troubleshooting Tangential Flow Filtration

June
2003
Reactions and Separations
Kent Iverson
Tangential flow filtration (TFF) is commonly used to concentrate and dialyze solutes. It generally involves the circulation of the feed solution over a filter surface. This article presents a brief overview of the principles governing TFF, and...

Visualizing the McCabe-Thiele Diagram

December
2009
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Paul M. Mathias
Use this spreadsheet-based visualization and interactive analysis of the McCabe-Theile diagram to understand the foundations of distillation engineering. <br><br>

Accurately Predict the VLE of Thiol-Hydrocarbon Mixtures

September
2004
Reactions and Separations
Chorng H. Twu, Vince Tassone, Wayne Sim
This methodology can be used to calculate vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE) between thiols and hydrocarbons at any composition, temperature or pressure to improve gasoline fractionation processes.

Bridge the Gap with Semicontinuous Distillation

August
2001
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James R. Phimister ,  Warren D. Seider
This processing strategy combines the advantages of batch and continuous operation, providing flexibility and efficiency in a single design.

Use Model-Predictive Control to Improve Distillation Operations

January
2008
Instrumentation
Daniel R. Webb, Robert D. Rounding, Robert J. Conroy, Umesh Mathur
This methodology, based on steady-state and dynamic simulation, can be used to develop the necessary models— and avoid disruptive and costly step testing to the extent feasible.

Real World Modeling of Distillation

July
2003
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Harry Kooijman, Rajamani Krishna , Ross Taylor
Previously, simulations based on nonequilibrium, or rate-based, models were considered impractical due to their complexity. However, with ever-increasing computing power, these simulations are not only feasible, but in some circumstances they should...

Don’t Let Baffle Tray Flood Baffle You

July
2011
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Henry Z. Kister, Matthew Olsson
Use this new correlation based on window liquid velocity to predict baffle tray capacity.

Squeeze More Out of Complex Columns

July
2002
Reactions and Separations
Piyush Shah
These distillation setups can cut capital and operating costs by up to 30%, and increase separation efficiency. Here is a straightforward method for evaluation.

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