Provides readers with an overview of the essental features of food biotechnology. The traditional and new biotechnologies are presented and discussed in terms of their present and potential industrial applications.

We are all aware of opportunities created by advances in molecular biology. Living cells and their components can be used to produce a large number of useful compounds such as therapeutics and other products. But to obtain significant benefits as a commercial operation, molecular biology needs the support of biochemical engineering. The vital area of biotechnology that is concerned with practical application of biological agents (whole cell systems and biocatalysts) and the methodologies and processes associated with it on an industrial scale is biochemical engineering. Biochemical engineering is applicable in different areas of biotechnology such as biochemical reactions, enzyme technology, environmental biotechnology, microbial manipulations, bioseparation technology, plant and animal cell cultures, and food technology. It consists of the development of new process technology, designing bioreactors, developing efficient, and economically feasible extraction and purification procedures (downstream processing). Chapter 1 and 2 discuss about the basic concept of biotechnology and biochemical engineering. Chapter 3 tells about the concept of enzyme kinetics, their evolution and use in biochemical engineering. Chapter 4 and 5 describe immobilized enzyme and industrial applications of enzymes. Chapter 6 depicts about industrial microbiology. This chapter discuss different concepts about fermentation process, cell products and other modified compounds. Chapter 7 tells about different types of cell cultivations in microbial, animal, and plant. Chapter 8 discuss about the fermentation proce4ss and its control. Chapter 9 and 10 describe cell kinetics and fermenter design and also how the cell grows. Chapter 11 discuss about the bioreactor design. Chapter 12 depicts the downstream processing, centrifugration, sedimentation and other technology. Chapter 13 tells about the sterilization.

The publication of the third edition of "Chemical Engineering Volume" marks the completion of the re-orientation of the basic material contained in the first three volumes of the series. Volume 3 is devoted to reaction engineering (both chemical and biochemical), together with measurement and process control. This text is designed for students, graduate and postgraduate, of chemical engineering.

This book outlines the vast potential of the microbial catalyst for present and future microbial process development without waste formation, leading to a clean environment. It is intended to inspire scientists and biochemical engineers to isolate new microorganisms from nature and to explore the optimal potential of the genotype before altering its code through genetical engineering. This book is structured to encourage the reader to use basic scientific and biochemical engineering concepts for the development of new and improved fermentation technology industries. It leads the reader from aspects of isolation, identification and preservation of microbial strains to the use of thermodynamics and their biochemistry to the final endproducts and their purification. Special emphasis is given to the restoration of our present and the preservation of our future environment using socioecological and biotechnological concepts. Drawing on many years of experience teaching and working in the Asia-Pacific and Africa, the author presents an interesting, informative and enlightening account of his knowledge in this field.

The aim of this book is to present in a single volume an up-to-date account of the chemistry and chemical engineering which underlie the major areas of the chemical process industry. This most recent edition includes several new chapters which comprise important threads in the industry's total fabric. These new chapters cover waste minimization, safety considerations in chemical plant design and operation, emergency response planning, and statistical applications in quality control and experimental planning. Together with the chapters on chemical industry economics and wastewater treatment~ they provide a unifying base on which the reader can most effectively apply the information provided in the chapters which describe the various areas of the chemical process industries. The ninth edition of this established reference work contains the contributions of some fifty experts from industry, government, and academe. I have been humbled by the breadth and depth of their knowledge and expertise and by the willingness and enthusiasm with which they shared their knowledge and insights. They have, without exception, been unstinting in their efforts to make their respective chapters as complete and informative as possible within the space available. Errors of omission, duplication, and shortcomings in organization are mine. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the editors of technical journals and publishing houses for permission to reproduce illustrations and other materials and to the many industrial concerns which contributed drawings and photographs. Comments and criticisms by readers will be welcome.