Solvent Extraction in Biotechnology: Recovery of Primary and Secondary Metabolites

by K. Schügerl

Book Overview

Solvent Extraction in Biotechnology deals with the reco- very and purification of primary and secondary metabolites by solvent extraction. In the first part the reaction engineering principles: definitions, thermodynamic fundamentals, and system models, the kinetics of mass transfer between two phases without and with chemical reaction as well as extraction equipment, which are important for downstream processing in biotechnology, are considered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642081908
• ISBN13: 9783642081903
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"