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One of the major problems in modern industrial scale biotechnology is the separation, concentration and purification of the bioreaction products. This mass separation task, generally referred to as ‘downstream processing’, is often particularly difficult. As stated by Wang (1987) this is because most microbiological processes are carried out in dilute solutions with the actual product in rather low concentration in mixture with large amounts of water, biomass and other by-products. The relative magnitudes typically encountered in a microbiological production process are shown schematically in Fig. 9.1.
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Strathmann, H., McDonogh, R.M. (1993). The Use of Pervaporation in Biotechnology. In: Howell, J.A., Sanchez, V., Field, R.W. (eds) Membranes in Bioprocessing: Theory and Applications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2156-9_9
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