Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Preparative Liquid Chromatographic System

本研究涉及天然产物的相平衡性质 混合物（如植物油和其他农产品）， 工艺设计所需的对精制食品进行再加工（例如，可可 黄油）、特种化学品和药品。 研究这些 特性，有必要将农产品分离成 根据分子类型和大小进行分级。 一种制备液， 需要色谱仪以获得足够量的这些级分。 用于随后的实验研究， 色谱仪和其他测量用分析仪器 热力学相平衡性质。 这些属性 需要在各种天然产品的过程开发 工业，包括生物技术工艺创新。

This research concerns phase-equilibrium properites of natural-product mixtures (such as vegetable oils and other agricultural products) as required for process design to manufacture-refined foods (e.g., cocoa butter), speciality chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. To study these properties, it is necessary to separate the agricultural product into fractions according to molecular type and size. A preparative liquid chromatograph is required to obtain such fractions in sufficient quantities for subsequent experimental studies using liquid chromatography and other analytical instruments for measuring thermodynamnic phase equilibrium properties. These properties are needed for process development in a variety of natural-products industries, including biotechnology process innovation.