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Ultrafiltration and Gel Electrophoresis
Alyssa Fiorenza, Kaitlin Spencer, Dilwinderpal Singh, Sam Forsythe
Department of Chemical Engineering
Penn State
03/22/2012
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Ultrafiltration and Gel Electrophoresis
Alyssa Fiorenza, Kaitlin Spencer, Dilwinderpal Singh, Sam Forsythe
Department of Chemical Engineering
Penn State
03/22/2012
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Factor Comments PointsSummary (stands alone) (10) See comments
A bit vague in spots
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Introduction (must have industrial
example of equip/process) (5)
UF intro too short.
Gel intro ok, but no objective.
Typically put a strong objective statement atthe end of the introduction.
2.5
Theory (10) Not that much theory. Simply restating labmanual and explaining gel calc procedure.
This is not what a theory section should be.
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Experiment and methods (enough
detail for experiment to be
repeated, include diagram ofprocess/equipment) (5)
UF: good
Gel: good, but a bit wordy. See comments.
A bit too much unnecessary detail in spots.
5
Results (15)
Clearly presented
Technically correctAppropriate level of detail andthoroughness of documentation
(including appendix)
good 15
Discussion (20)
Relate to theory
Deviations explainedManual questions addressed
Completeness of analysis and
interpretation of data
A few minor issues. See comments in
report.
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Conclusions (10)
Most important pointssummarized (specific)
Ramifications made clear
ok 9
Figures well labeled and easy to
read (10)
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Presentation (10)
Grammar and spelling
Uniform writing styleEasy to read
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References (5)
(several included and usedappropriately)
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Total 90
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Summary
The purpose of this experiment is determine how flux (v), mass transfer coefficient (kc),
and concentration of the solute at the membrane surface change at different applied pressures andsolute concentration values. The effects of pore clogging and osmotic pressure on the permeate
flux were also evaluated. Through the experiment, it was determined that the flux, and
concentration of membrane surface increased as the pressure increases. This deviates fromexpected behavior as the mass transfer coefficient should be increasing as the pressure increased.
Did you find that mass transfer coefficient decreased with pressure? It was also concluded that
the osmotic pressure becomes a factor only at higher concentrations. Is pore clogging a factor?The value of the mass transfer coefficient was found to be what? and varied from literaturevalues by approximately 98%.
Gel electrophoresis is a technique which separates proteins and other macromolecules
based on size. It may be used as a method protein characterization by identification of molecularweight. Samples of pure and crude pepsin, and mucor rennet were denatured and blanketed with
a uniform charge; the samples were then run through a porous gel by an applied electric field insolution. By comparing the migration distances with known standards, the molecular weight of
the individual protein samples were determined to be 34.61kDa for pepsin, and 41.24 kDa formucor rennet. These values deviated from the literature values for pepsin and mucor rennet by
1.1% and 8.53%, respectively.
Introduction
The goal of the ultrafiltration study was to analyze the effects of osmotic pressure andmembrane clogging during an ultrafiltration process. Another objective of this experiment was
to determine the mass transfer coefficient of the membrane used. Ultrafiltration is a process used
to purify and concentrate solutions. A solution is run across a membrane that retains larger
solutes while allowing for smaller solutes and the solution to pass through the pores of themembrane. The applications for ultrafiltration are widespread and diverse. For instance,
ultrafiltration is employed in the purification of blood as well as the processing of wastewater.
Reference?
Gel electrophoresis involves quantifying migration distances of charged macromolecules
through a porous gel as an electric field is applied. This technique can be adjusted so that theproteins are separated based on properties such as mass, charge density, or isoelectric points.
Large particles such as proteins or DNA can be sorted and identified in the manner whencompared to known standards. The technique is also widely used in DNA sequencing. Several
variations of gel electrophoresis can be adapted to separate proteins upon taking advantage of
different protein properties. Proteins are amphoteric, meaning they can exist at different chargesdepending on the pH of the surrounding environment. Isoelectric focusing is a type of gel
electrophoresis which relies on the difference in charge between proteins at a certain pH. If the
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surrounding pH is below the isoelectric point of a certain protein, the protein will become
positively charged and will migrate toward the negative end of the applied electric field. If thepH is above a proteins isoelectric point, it will become negative and migrate toward the positive
end of the electric gradient. Proteins at the isoelectric point will have no charge and will be
reluctant to migrate, forming a band in the middle. Another type of gel electrophoresis, known as
native-PAGE, separates proteins by taking advantage of differences in charge to mass ratio, orcharge density, of their native structures. SDS-Page separates proteins based on size by
eliminating all other differences in shape and charge via heat denaturation and charge coating.Focused a bit much on iso-electric focusing, which is not used at all here.
Where is the gel objective?
Theory
Membranes used in the ultrafiltration process are designed with a molecular weight cut-
off (MWCO). In theory, 90% of solute molecules at the MWCO will be retained by the
membrane (1). The concentration of solute increases in the retentate while the fluid that flowsthrough the membrane is known as the permeate. Due to an osmotic pressure gradient across the
membrane, the solvent in the permeate (low concentration) has the natural inclination to flowback through the membrane into the retentate (area of high concentration). In order to prevent
this from occurring a pressure must be applied that is greater than the osmotic pressure that willforce the solution through the membrane.
The permeate flux (v) can be related to the applied pressure (P) and osmotic pressuregradients () and the permeability coefficient (Qm) through Equation 1.
v = Qm*(P-) (1)
The permeability coefficient is a function of the membrane diameters parameter such asmembrane thickness, pore diameter and the number of pores in the membrane. When the pores
in the membrane become clogged because of solute buildup the value of Qm will decrease. Thegreater the pore clogging the lower the permeability.
When solutions flow through the system that contain no solutes at the MWCO, in thisstudy the buffer solution is an example of this, there is no concentration gradient and osmotic
pressure is negligible. In this case, equation 1 may be simplified as seen in equation 2.
v = Qm*P (2)
This equation is used to determine whether pore clogging has affected the efficiency of a
membrane by monitoring the flux of a buffer solution vs. the applied pressure before aconcentrated solution flows across the membrane and afterward. A decrease in the determined
value of Qm is indicative of pore clogging.
Furthermore, the flux of the permeate is related to the mass transfer coefficient of themembrane (kc) as well as to the bulk solute concentration (cB) and the concentration of solute thathas built up on the membrane surface (cs). This is described in Equation 3 below.
v = kc*ln(cs/ cB) (3)
The mass transfer coefficient is a function of the concentration polarization boundary layer
thickness () and the diffusion of the solute through the boundary layer (Dv). This relationship
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can be seen in Equation 4 below. Concentration polarization is the effect observed when solute
builds up on the membrane surface (2).
kc = Dv/ (4)
good so far, but you can do a bit more than simply restating the manual.
Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) uses SDS andheat treatment to both denature proteins and coat them with a negative charge. Proteins have
secondary and tertiary structures which can cause unwanted effects during the migration in thegel. Proteins also have varied charges, which will also affect its migration in an electric field.
SDS denatures all complex structures so that the protein will migrate as a straight chain, and it
also coats the proteins in a uniform negative charge. This ensures that the only variable that cancontrol the migration of the protein is mass, instead of shape or charge. After loading the proteins
in appropriate lanes, an electric field is applied and the negatively charged proteins will migrate
toward the positive end of the electric field. Proteins with high molecular weights will migrate
slowest, and lightweight proteins will travel fastest, why?? creating a separation based solely onsize. Standards of known molecular size are run in lanes adjacent to the proteins so that a basis is
created on which to quantitatively relate the migration distance and molecular weight. A graphcan be obtained of the normalized migration distance and the logarithm of the molecular weight,in order to obtain a relationship which can then be used to determine unknown weights from the
normalized migration distance for specific proteins. Why is this linear?
A 95% confidence interval will be determined for our results. This confidence interval
can be derived from both the standard error (SE) and standard deviation (SD) of the data. Thestandard deviation quantifies how closely the data points group around the mean and can be
determined by the following equation:
SD = (XiM)21 (5)Where Xi is the data point in question, M is the mean of the data, and N is the number of datapoints.
The standard deviation can then be used to find the standard error. The standard error
corrects the standard deviation based upon the size of the sample surveyed. The larger the study,
the less chance rogue points will distort the true value of the mean. The standard error is
represented by the following equation:
= (6)The confidence interval (CI) quantifies a range in the data in which confidence exists that
the true mean actually describes the data in this range. The equation for a 95% confidence
interval is as follows:
95% = (1.96 ) (7)Gel portion reads more like a calculation method section than a theory section. Explain the
theory behind gel electrophoresis. Why can you make the linear correlation? Why do smaller
proteins travel further through the gel?
Experimental Procedure
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The ultrafiltration study used a membrane with a MWCO of 10kDa. The membrane was
secured onto a membrane holder and placed at the base of a Millipore 8010 Stirred Ultrafiltration
Cell. 50mL of deionized water was run through the membrane to prepare it for the experimental
runs. In this study, 1mg/mL and 2mg/mL porcine pepsin solutions were run. These solutionswere prepared in a 20mM sodium acetate solution at pH 5.
Ultrafiltration
Figure 1 displays the experimental setup of this ultrafiltration study. As seen in this
figure the source of the applied pressure was a nitrogen tank where the pressure would be
controlled via a regulator valve. A feed tank is aligned between the nitrogen tank and the cell
body to hold excess fluid as the cell can only hold 70mL. Permeate was collected from the feed
tank into 10mL graduated cylinders. The rate at which the permeate collected was monitored by
recording the time at which each milliliter accumulated.
Figure 1: Experimental Setup of Ultrafiltration System
Three different 200mL solutions were run through the membrane, a pure sodium acetate
buffer solution as well as the two pepsin solutions. The experiment began by running a buffer
solution followed by the 1mg/mL pepsin solution, the 2mg/mL pepsin solution and finally the
buffer solution once more. The pressure was applied to the system in increments of 10psi
ranging from 30 to 50psi. The permeate flux was monitored over 20mL of permeate collected
for each solution at each pressure variation. The full experimental procedure can be found in the
Ultrafiltration and Gel Electrophoresis Manual (1).
Four individual protein solutions were made. These solutions include were made with 5
mg protein per ml of deionized water, and included 5 mg/ml crude porcine pepsin, 5 mg/ml
Gel Electrophoresis
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mucor rennet, 5 mg/ml mix of crude pepsin and mucor rennet, and 5 mg/ml of pure pepsin. Each
solution included 65 microliters of a specific protein solution, 25 microliters of 4X NuPAGE
LDS Sample Buffer, and 10 microliters of NuPAGE 10X Reducing Reagent. All of these
solutions were vortexed and placed in microfuge vials in the heating block at 70C for a total of
10 minutes.
As the protein solutions were heating, the SDS running buffer solution was prepared by
combining 40ml of NuPAGE SDS Running Buffer (20X) with 760 ml of purified water. This
overall solution was separated into a 600 ml portion and a 200 ml portion, and 500 microliters of
NuPAGE Antioxidant was added to the 200 ml portion and mixed.
The gel box was retrieved from the refrigerator and cut open with scissors. Not needed
The cassette type of gel used is important was rinsed off with distilled water, and the locations of
the wells on the front of the cassette were marked with a permanent marker. The comb was
carefully removed from the top of the cassette, and the tape was removed from the bottom. The
cassette was then properly placed into the front of the gel box, and the white electrode connectorwas slid into the gel box behind the gel. A dummy gel was inserted into the box behind this
electrode connector, and the entire apparatus was secured by a clamp behind the dummy gel.
The inner chamber was then filled with the remainder of the 200 mL running buffer. The
experimental setup can be seen in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Experimental Setup of Gel Electrophoresis
The gel samples were removed from the heating block and vortexed. Using the
micropipette, 10 microliters of each prepared gel sample and protein marker standard were
loaded into the correct lanes of the gel. The protein standard marker was loaded into lanes 2, 3, 6,
9. Pure pepsin solution was added to lane 4, the mixture of pepsin and mucor rennet was added
to lane 5, crude pepsin solution was added to lane 7, and mucor rennet solution was added to lane
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8. Sample location on gel is not really important. Just show the appropriate lanes on the gel
figure in the results section. The outer chamber was then filled with the 600 mL buffer without
antioxidant. The lid was placed on the box and aligned with the positive and negative poles.
After this was accomplished, the power was turned on, the voltage was set for 200V, and the
timer was set to run for 45 minutes. After setting these specifications, the on button was pressed
and the gel was allowed to run. Not needed too much info
After 45 minutes, the wires were unplugged from the power source; the lid of the gel box
was removed, as well as the wedges holding the setup together. The gel cassette was removed
and rinsed with distilled water. Approximately one inch of deionized water was added to the
staining container. The gel cassette was then carefully cracked open, one side of the gel was
discarded, and the gel was placed into the water immediately. Too much detail. Simply state gel
removed from cassette and rinsed The other side of the cassette was slowly and carefully
removed, allowing the gel to fall directly into the distilled water. The gel was washed for 5
minutes with 100 mL of DI water with gentle agitation. This process was repeated two more
times.
After dispensing the DI water, the gel was covered entirely with stain and allowed to sit
with gentle agitation for 45 minutes. After this, the stain was discarded and the gel was de-
stained with distilled water several times for 45 minutes, and until the bands were clearly visible
on the gel. The gel was placed within a piece of clear plastic wrap, and a picture of the gel was
taken with a digital camera before marking with a permanent marker. After fully labeling the gel
with lane numbers and traced bands, another picture was taken. The latter picture was used to
determine the percent distance traveled of the protein solutions.
Results and Discussion
From Figure3, it can be seen that the permeate flux is directly proportional to the
applied pressure. As the pressure increased, the flux increased. The relationship between
filtration rate and pressure is the same because the filtration rate is calculated by multiplying
membrane area by flux. Therefore, as the pressure increased, the filtration rate would also
increase.
Ultrafiltration
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Figure 3: Graph of permeate flux versus applied pressure for four different runs
In order to determine whether osmotic pressure was an issue during this experiment,
Figure 3 was analyzed comparing buffer runs to protein solution runs. During the buffer runs
there is no osmotic pressure because there is no solute to build up. The flux () for buffer runs
can be simplified to Equation 2 where Qm is the permeability coefficient andPis the applied
pressure (either 30, 40, or 50psi). this would be good place to state Qm for this experiment
However, when the protein solutions are run across the membrane the accumulation of
solute in the retentate causes the osmotic pressure to increase. The flux can be related to the
applied pressure (P) through Equation 1 where is the osmotic pressure difference across the
membrane.
Figure 3 displays the values of flux versus applied pressure for each of the four solutions
tested. The flux values obtained for the first protein solution (1mg/mL) at 40psi do not follow
expected trends. There may have been error in the applied pressure of this run and thus these
values will not be considered in the analyses performed in this study. The profile of Solution 2 is
evidence of the effect of osmotic pressure on the permeate flux. The flux values are well below
the flux values of the buffer solutions at the same applied pressure.
Membrane clogging is an issue that is commonly present in ultrafiltration systems but didnot appear to be a problem in this study. From equation 2 it can be seen that the slope of the flux
vs. pressure line for the buffer solutions is equal to the permeability coefficient (Qm). The slope
of the lines for the buffer run at the beginning of the experiment and the buffer run at the end of
the experiment were compared. The slopes were found to be about the same, 9E-5 untis? for the
pre-buffer and 9.1E-5 for the post-buffer. This indicates that the permeability coefficient of the
0.002
0.0025
0.003
0.0035
0.004
0.0045
0.005
0.0055
30 35 40 45 50 55
permeateflux(mg/mlcm^2)
Pressure (psi)
Average permeate flux versus Pressure
Pre Buffer
Post Buffer
Protein Solution 1mg/ml
Protein solution 2 mg/ml
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membrane remained constant and pore clogging was not an issue. The non-linearity of the
2mg/mL protein solution is thus attributed to osmotic pressure effects.
The osmotic pressures of each protein solution at different applied pressures were
determined be using Equation 1. It was assumed that the permeability coefficient (Qm) remained
constant. In our case, the value of flux is very small so the value of osmotic pressure isdependent on applied pressure. As the pressure increased, the osmotic pressure also increased.
Show some of your results. This is long report. You have room.
There was a change found in the values of the mass transfer coefficients between the
calculated values and estimated value what do you mean by these terms? Jonnsons and dilute
ideal solution? Both are estimates when the solution was assumed to be dilute and ideal. This is
due to the fact that the surface concentration Cs is different in both cases. The percent errors you
mean % difference between the calculated value and ideal solution values for 1 mg/ml
concentration can be found in Table 1. The difference between the calculated values and ideal
solution is greater at a higher concentration of 2mg/ml. In order to calculate the surfaceconcentration, Cs, two different methods were used. The first used the Jonsson equation (and
solver) and then the surface concentration was determined assuming dilute and ideal conditions.
Under these conditions, surface concentration Cs was calculated by multiplying molarity by
molecular weight. In both cases flux and bulk concentration Cb remains constant and equation 3
was used to calculate the mass transfer coefficient. The difference between the calculated values
and estimated values are shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Calculated mass transfer coefficient values compare to the estimated values.significant figures!!
Calculated Dilute and Ideal % Error
1 mg/ml Pressure ( psi) K c( cm/sec) What is this? Kc?
Difference orerror? If error,
from what?
30 0.001073488 0.000481468 55.14%
40 0.00068063 0.000478953 29.63%
50 0.001187155 0.000732534 38.29%
2 mg/ml Pressure ( psi) Kc ( cm/sec)
30 0.001474224 0.000594276 59.68%
40 0.001015118 0.00057982 42.88%
50 0.000987457 0.000594671 39.77%
The value of the mass transfer coefficient kc is different for both concentrations at differentpressures which is shown is Table 2. From the Table 2, it can be seen that the percent error is
decreasing as the pressure increases. The mass transfer coefficient Kc was calculated using
equation # ?? and it should increase as the pressure increased but in our case as the pressure
increased the mass transfer coefficient decreased. It increased for 1 mg/ml but not for 2 mg/ml
(nearly constant for dilute and ideal case) It could be because our data is not perfect. The
surface concentration Cs should also increase as the pressure increased but in our case for 1
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mg/ml at 50 psi, it is lower than the value of Cs at 40 psi. This is because our osmotic pressure at
50 psi is lower than the 40 psi. this is not stated correctly. The osmotic pressure increased as the
pressure increased but this is not happening in our case at 50 psi for 1mg/ml. The literature
value of the mass transfer coefficient is 1.77E-5cm2/sec. what is this for? Pepsin? Or some other
protein? This is very different from the calculated values. The difference between the calculated
values and literature values of mass transfer is big and it is shown in the Table 3. More
experiments should be done to confirm the results so the difference between the literature value
and calculated value could be lower. Your % error is much greater than 100%. You are an order
of magnitude off. Its more like 300%.
Table 2. Compare Cs and Kc values calculated for the 1mg/ml and 2 mg/ml.
1 mg/ml 2 mg/ml % Error
Pressure ( psi) Kc( cm2/sec) Cs K c( cm
2/sec) Cs Kc Cs
30 0.000482403 45.68 0.00061148 20.82 26.75626 54.42207
40 0.000534545 114.04 0.00065122 89.46 21.82623 21.55384
50 0.000798779 84.95 0.0007006 150.82 12.29088 77.53973
Table 3. Difference between calculated value and literature value.
1 mg/ml
Calculated Literature3
Pressure Kc( cm2/sec) Kc( cm
2/sec) % Error
30 0.000734171 1.77E-05 97.58
40 0.000708797 1.77E-05 97.50
50 0.001115723 1.77E-05 98.41
2 mg/ml
Pressure Kc( cm2/sec) Kc( cm2/sec) % Error
30 0.001254105 1.77E-05 98.58
40 0.000945409 1.77E-05 98.12
50 0.000954769 1.77E-05 98.14
The gel electrophoresis technique gave very clear, sharp bands, as evident in Figure 4.
Gel Electrophoresis
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Figure 4: Gel electrophoresis results show very clean sharp bands after staining; the large band
represents pure pepsin. The bands were marked with a black marker.
After measuring the migration distance of bands of interest, a plot was created of the
percent migration distance and the log of the molecular weights of the marker and superimposed
with a linear trendline (Figure 5).
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Figure 5: A graph of thepercent migration of the marker versus the logarithm of the molecular
weight. The percent migrations were calculated using a trendline equation with a 95%
confidence interval.
Using the trendline equation and the percent migration values for the protein samples, the
molecular weights for each protein was calculated and presented in Table 4.f you show 2 bands
for mucor rennet and 3 for the mix. You should id all the bands in the table.
Table 4: Pertinent information for each of the proteins of interest, including normalized
migration distances and molecular weight. Significant figures!
The error ranges were calculated for both mucor rennet and pepsin using a 95%
confidence interval. After determining the values for the standard deviation and standard error ofthe data, which were 0.368 and 0.122 respectively, equation 7 was used to find a 95% confidence
interval for the logarithm of the molecular weights of pepsin and mucor rennet. These upper and
lower ranges for pepsin and mucor rennet were 1.809, 1.268, 1.866 and 1.364 respectively and
are graphed in Figure 5. More useful if max and min are given in kDa.
The calculated values of mucor rennet and porcine pepsin were determined to be
41.24kDa and 34.62kDa, respectively. The literature values of these proteins are 38kDa and
Sample Name Sample Lane Number Migration Distance % Migration Distance Log(MW) MW of Samples (kDa)
Pure Pepsin 4 13.5 73.7704918 1.539262 34.61483734
Mucor Rennet (in mixture) 5a 12.3 67.21311475 1.615328 41.24087479
Crude Pepsin (in mixture) 5b 13.5 73.7704918 1.539262 34.61483734
Crude Pepsin 7 13.5 73.7704918 1.539262 34.61483734
Mucor Rennet 8 12.3 67.21311475 1.615328 41.24087479
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35kDa, respectively. The calculated molecular weight of pepsin carried with it a percent error of
1.1%, and the calculated molecular weight of Mucor Rennet has a percent error of 8.53%. The
calculated values are within the error range of the method.
There were some differences between the crude and pure pepsin in terms of how they
migrated through the gel. Both bands created by pure pepsin and crude pepsin can be identifiedbecause the band for crude pepsin aligns with the center of the band for pure pepsin. The pure
pepsin band was much wider compared to that for crude pepsin, which looked narrow and sharp
like the other bands. This smearing may have been caused by the high concentration of pure
pepsin present in the injected sample. good
There were a few extraneous bands in the lanes which contained mucor rennet. Lane 8,
which contained only mucor rennet, showed two bands, one for the mucor rennet protein and
another for a component with less mass. This component may be another protein variation of
mucor rennet or more likely a contaminant in the mucor rennet solution. This same solution was
used to make the pepsin and mucor rennet mixture; the unknown band is also present in lane 5.
Conclusion
In the ultrafiltration experiment, it was concluded that an increasing pressure resulted in
increasing flux. The Jonssons equation was used to calculate the surface concentration Cs and
it was determined that the surface concentration increases as the pressure increased. During the
buffer runs there is no osmotic pressure because there is no solute to build up so the osmotic
pressure was calculated only for protein concentrations and not for pre and post buffer solution.
It was concluded that the osmotic pressure has a linear relationship with pressure and it increased
as the pressure increased. The values of calculated mass transfer coefficient were different than
the estimated mass transfer coefficient. be a bit more specific by giving actual values.
Using SDS-PAGE gel electrophoresis, the molecular weights of pepsin and mucor rennet
were experimentally determined to be 34.61kDa for pepsin, and 41.24 kDa sign figs too high for
mucor rennet. This was accomplished by denaturing the proteins and coating them with a
uniform negative charge so that molecular weight would become the only factor in migration
distance. These distances were then compared with known standards in order to calculate each of
the proteins molecular weight and their respective standard error. The 95% confidence intervalof pepsin ranged from 18.6 kDa to 64.5 kDa, and 23.2 kDa to 73.5 kDa for mucor rennet. The
calculated values were well within these ranges.
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References
(1) "Ultrafiltration and Gel Electrophoresis Manual, Chemical Engineering 480Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Laboratory. The Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Chemical Engineering, 2011.
(2) Sechurl, Kim. Concentration Polarization in Pressure-Driven Crossflow Membrane
Filtration. http://www.yale.edu/env/elimelech/Conc-Polarization/sld001.htm
(3) Brandani, Stefano, Loredana Spera, Vicenazo Brandani, and Gabrieledi Giacomo.
"Enzyme and Microbial Technology." (1996). Web. 21 Mar. 2012.
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APPENDIX- Scanned Prelab Pages
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