Some examples of industrial biotechnology are: Bio-based polymers (can be used to create more environmental friendly plastic), biological processes for vitamin production, or the use of enzymes for industrial textiles. The existing scope of the Industrial Biotechnology includes:
· Biological feedstock as a renewable resource
· Industrial processes using biological systems
· Biological remediation technologies
This means that Industrial Biotech will have an impact in the raw materials, the industrial production, and the waste management.
Industrial Biotechnology can be really helpful to diminish the environmental problems present in our world. Some of the environmental benefits due to the use of Industrial Biotech are shown in the following table: 
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As shown before, biotechnology can be applied in areas diverse areas such as textile, paper and cleaning industries, and will have positive environmental impacts. Enzymes offer a biological route and often cleaner solution for industry than the traditional chemical processes to make products.
As shown before, biotechnology can be applied in areas diverse areas such as textile, paper and cleaning industries, and will have positive environmental impacts. Enzymes offer a biological route and often cleaner solution for industry than the traditional chemical processes to make products.
The application of biotechnology to industrial production is shows a lot of potential but still many products are not yet economically viable to be launched to the market. Research & Development in this area is still reduced, and a lot of investment is needed to make the break through between scientific discoveries to product launching.
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The European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology 2008 will take place from the 15-17 September in Brussels, Belgium. If you are able to go, don’t miss it! It sounds really promising.
The European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology 2008 will take place from the 15-17 September in Brussels, Belgium. If you are able to go, don’t miss it! It sounds really promising.
1 comment:
Usage of paper industry enzymes is still rare in Finland. Applications for the cleaning of starch-containing processes (amylases) and for the release of protein-containing deposits (proteases) are produced commercially by certain American chemical companies, however.
There were certainly a need for these kind of products today. Biofilm formation by Bacillus and Deinococcus species as well as by filamentous bacteria is a common feature of modern paper machines with relatively high temperatures and neutral/alkaline pH conditions.
Dosing effective enzymes into the process - especially after cleaning and boil-outs - could help significantly the removal of biofilm traces from the process systems of the machines. Biocides are not so effective against heavy biofilms than against the sessile microbial flora in waters and pulps.
Minimization (= optimization) of biocide dosing could also be performed whenever enzymatic treatment were one factor in total biocidic treatments of the paper machines.
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