1st Edition
by Saurabh Saran (Editor), Vikash Babu (Editor), Asha Chaubey (Editor)
Green technologies are no longer
the “future” of science, but the present. With more and more mature
industries, such as the process industries, making large strides
seemingly every single day, and more consumers demanding products
created from green technologies, it is essential for any business in any
industry to be familiar with the latest processes and technologies. It
is all part of a global effort to “go greener,” and this is nowhere
more apparent than in fermentation technology.
This book
describes relevant aspects of industrial-scale fermentation, an
expanding area of activity, which already generates commercial values of
over one third of a trillion US dollars annually, and which will most
likely radically change the way we produce chemicals in the long-term
future. From biofuels and bulk amino acids to monoclonal antibodies and
stem cells, they all rely on mass suspension cultivation of cells in
stirred bioreactors, which is the most widely used and versatile way to
produce. Today, a wide array of cells can be cultivated in this way, and
for most of them genetic engineering tools are also available. Examples
of products, operating procedures, engineering and design aspects,
economic drivers and cost, and regulatory issues are addressed. In
addition, there will be a discussion of how we got to where we are
today, and of the real world in industrial fermentation. This chapter is
exclusively dedicated to large-scale production used in industrial
settings.
