Hollow fiber membrane module for use in production of chemical substance, and process for production of chemical substance

    公开(公告)号:AU2010319104A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-17

    申请号:AU2010319104

    申请日:2010-11-10

    Abstract: Disclosed is a hollow fiber membrane module (1) for use in the production of a chemical substance, which can be used in the continuous fermentation that comprises filtrating a fermentation culture of a microorganism or a cultured cell through a hollow fiber membrane, collecting a chemical substance from a filtrate, retaining a concentrated solution in the fermentation culture or refluxing the concentrated solution, and further adding a fermentation raw material to the fermentation culture. In the hollow fiber membrane module (1), multiple hollow fiber membrane bundles are accommodated in a tubular case, at least one end part of each of the hollow fiber membrane bundles is fixed onto the tubular case in such a manner that the end surface of each of the hollow fiber membranes is opened by means of a hollow-fiber-membrane-bundling material, and the hollow-fiber-membrane-bundling material comprises a synthetic resin that exhibits a hardness retention rate of 95% or more after the material is brought into contact with a saturated water vapor at 121°C for 24 hours. The hollow fiber membrane module (1) can keep substance productivity at a high level and can be used in the production of a chemical substance by a sterilizable continuous fermentation method.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYLACTIC ACID

    公开(公告)号:SG172400A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-29

    申请号:SG2011046992

    申请日:2009-12-25

    Abstract: Lactic acid obtained by a method for producing lactic acid, the method comprising: (A) a step of continuous fermentation wherein a fermentation culture medium of a microorganism having an ability of lactic acid fermentation is filtered 5 through a porous membrane having an average pore size of not less than 0.01 ttm and less than 1 pm with a transmembrane pressure difference within the range of 0.1 to 20 kPa, and the permeate is collected, while retaining the non-permeated liquid in orreturning the non-permeated liquid to the culture, and adding a fermentation feedstock to the culture: (B) a step of filtering the permeate obtained in Step (A) 10 through a nanofdtration membrane; and (C) a step of distilling the permeate obtained in Step (B) under a pressure of not less than 1 Pa and not more than atmospheric pressure, at 25°C to 200°C to recover lactic acid; comprises only small amounts of impurities, and a polylactic acid obtained using the lactic acid as a raw material has excellent thermal stability, mechanical strength and hue.

    Method for producing chemical and continuous culture system

    公开(公告)号:AU2009299152A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-08

    申请号:AU2009299152

    申请日:2009-09-16

    Abstract: To control flow velocity of a culture liquid inside a membrane separation tank without giving influences to culture conditions in the fermentation tank, and also suppress precipitation of microorganisms or culture cells so that the production efficiency of the chemical product can be improved, in a method for producing a chemical product including the steps of: cultivating microorganisms or culture cells in a fermentation tank; transferring a culture liquid from the fermentation tank to a membrane separation tank so as to filter the culture liquid through a separation membrane; and collecting a fermentation product from a filtration liquid as the chemical product while refluxing an unfiltered culture liquid that has not been filtered so as to be joined to the culture liquid on an upstream side of the membrane separation tank, one portion of the culture liquid to be transferred from the fermentation tank is allowed to bypass the membrane separation tank depending on a pressure at the culture liquid flow-in side of the membrane separation tank.

    METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTIC ACID
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:CA2690492A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-08

    申请号:CA2690492

    申请日:2008-06-18

    Abstract: Disclosed is a lactic acid production method by separating lactic acid produced in a culture solution by means of the fermentation culture of a microorganism. Specifically disclosed is a lactic acid production method, which comprises: a step (A) of filtering the culture solution through a nano-filtration membrane; and a step (B) of distilling a lactic-acid-containing solution produced in the step (A) under a pressure ranging from 1 Pa to the atmospheric pressure (inclusive) at a temperature ranging from 25 to 200°C (inclusive) to collect lactic acid. The method can effectively remove an inorganic salt dissolved in a fermentation culture solution or contained in the fermentation culture solution in the form of a poorly soluble solid material by a simple manipulation, enables to prevent the racemization or oligomerization of lactic acid during the process of producing lactic acid, and therefore can produce lactic acid in a high yield.

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