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Pilot Plant Scale Penicillin/Aspirin Production
REACTIVE |
QUANTITY |
COST |
|
Liquid medium |
Glucose powder |
400g |
2.8$ |
Milk powder |
200g |
2.75$ |
|
Peptone |
160g |
4$ |
|
Yeast extract |
200g |
63$ |
|
MgCl2 |
30g |
2$ |
|
KCl |
30g |
3$ |
|
KH2PO4 |
20g |
4.2$ |
|
CaCO3 |
40g |
14.7$ |
|
Corn oil |
20g |
0.1$ |
|
Phenyl acetate |
100g |
28$ |
|
Distilled water |
20L |
3$ |
|
Purification |
Butyl acetate |
1.7L |
3.5$ |
Sodium bicarbonate |
600g |
75$ |
|
TOTAL |
206$ |
This bioreactor represents the Penicillin production (15days). it is divided in 3 phases:
Microbial culture (4 days) to obtain fresh colonies of penicillium
Medium preparation (10 days)
Purification (1 day).