title: Modeling of ion exchange expanded-bed chromatography for the purification of C-phycocyanin.
abstract: This work is focused on the experimental evaluation and mathematical modeling of ion exchange expanded-bed chromatography for the purification of C-phycocyanin from crude fermentative broth containing Spirulina platensis cells. Experiments were carried out in different expansion degree to evaluate the process performance. The experimental breakthrough curves were used to estimate the mass transfer and kinetics parameters of the proposed model, using the Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm (PSO). The proposed model satisfactorily fitted the experimental data. The results from the model application pointed out that the increase in the initial bed height does not influence the process efficiency, however enables the operation of expanded-bed column at high volumetric flow rates, improving the productivity. It was also shown that the use of mathematical modeling was a good and promising tool for the optimization of chromatographic processes.
authors: Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Pampa - UNIPAMPA, Bagé, RS, CEP 96413-170, Brazil. engcarolinemoraes@yahoo.com.br
authors: Caroline Costa
authors: CC
authors: Moraes
authors: Marcio A
authors: MA
authors: Mazutti
authors: Francisco
authors: F
authors: Maugeri
authors: Susana Juliano
authors: SJ
authors: Kalil
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000465:Algorithms; D018533:Biomass; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005285:Fermentation; D057446:Hydrodynamics; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010798:Phycocyanin / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D053545:Spirulina / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010798:Phycocyanin