Penicillin in 12 m 3 /h of fermentation broth is extracted using isoamylacetate in a POD. The

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Penicillin in 12 m3/h of fermentation broth is extracted using isoamylacetate in a POD. The distribution coefficient at pH = 2 is KD = 50. If the number of countercurrent equilibrium stages in the extractor is 4, determine the flow rate of isoamylacetate required to reduce the broth penicillin concentration from 35 g/L to 0.07 g/L.

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Separation Process Principles Chemical And Biochemical Principles

ISBN: 9780470481837

3rd Edition

Authors: By J. D. Seader, Ernest J. Henley, D. Keith Roper

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