화학공학소재연구정보센터
KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUNSHU, Vol.44, No.1, 18-22, 2018
Crystallizing Concentration of the Diatom Chaetoceros gracilis Cell Solutions
As a method for efficiently recovering marine organisms, which is expected as a resource for next generation biofuels, crystallizing concentration which can be considered as application of melt crystallization was studied. An operation of forming an ice phase from the outer wall surface to the central portion in the crystallizer was carried out by a cooling jacket with circulating solution. As the operation conditions, the stirring rotation number, the cooling temperature, and the freezing rate were varied to clarify the influence on the concentration ratio of Chaetoceros gracilis in the solution, the dilution ratio of Chaetoceros gracilis in ice, and the solid-liquid distribution coefficient of Chaetoceros gracilis measured experimentally in this study. Furthermore, it is suggested that the solid-liquid distribution coefficients are correlated by two kinds of solid-liquid distribution coefficients models, and concentration by high-speed freezing is also efficient as a result of comparison of the two models.