Downstream Process Technology : A New Horizon In Biotechnology

NOORALABETTU KRISHNA PRASAD (PhD), is Professor, Department of Biotechnology, P.A. College of Engineering, Mangalore, Karnataka. He has nearly two decades of industrial, research and teaching experience. Dr. Krishna Prasad is also the recipient of a prestigious award—Century International Quality Era Award—in Gold Category awarded by BID, Spain at Geneva.

Today, biochemical process industry demands fast and economic processes for the partitioning and purification of biomolecules that give high yield and high purity of the product. An integral and cost intensive part of these processes is associated with downstream processing for product isolation and purification. The aim of this comprehensive text is to provide an insightful overview of the whole aspects of downstream processing for biochemical product recovery.

Intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of biotechnology and chemical engineering, this self-contained text includes the chapters based on the recent developments in the industry and academics. It covers the importance of the downstream processing in terms of its relevancy to modern days ever-changing consumer needs, process design criteria relevance to set objectives, and physicochemical factors that help to formulate the strategy to develop a configuration among the raw material, methodology and instruments. This overview is followed by different downstream processing steps. The text concludes with the discussion on stabilization of the product to improve the shelf life of the product.

Key Features :

Includes detailed biological, mathematical, chemical and physical aspects of downstream processing.

Distinguishes downstream processing from analytical bioseparation.

Contains numerous illustrations and solved problems.

ISBN: 9788120340404
Published by: PHI Learning
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Essentials Of Project Management

KAMARAJU RAMAKRISHNA is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, GVP College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. A seasoned professional, he has over 25 years of experience in manufacturing and turnkey project management. He was earlier (November 2006 to July 2008) with Mekelle University, Ethiopia, as Visiting Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has also worked with various internationally reputed companies such as Welding Electrode Manufacturing Unit as its Promoter-Director, as Deputy General Manager (Projects) with Ispat Alloys, and with Braithwaite & Co. Besides, he has also worked as Senior Project Engineer with Larsen & Toubro. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India); a Chartered Engineer; Member, Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.v. Cologne, Germany; and a Member, Panel of German Translators and Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC), New Delhi.

"This comprehensive and well-organized book introduces the essential concepts and principles of project management. Divided into six parts—Part I, Introduction; Part II, Idea Generation and Initiation; Part III, Project Planning; Part IV, Project Implementation; Part V, Project Closeout; and Part VI, Special Topics, the book gives an indepth analysis of the various aspects of project management. The book clearly explains Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Net Present Value (NPV), Earned Value Analysis (EVA), Total Quality Management (TQM), and Global Warming—from the viewpoint of beginners. In addition, the text deals with special topics such as Public Sector Projects, Engineering Projects, Maintenance Projects, Software Projects, and International Projects besides risk and quality of projects. The final chapter is devoted to a discussion on Project Management Software.

Key Features :

• The text is illustrated with large number of figures, as well as tables and worked-out numerical examples. These will help the students in understanding the basic concepts.

• Questions are provided at the end of each part for a better grasp of the topics discussed.

• The effect of project management on safety, health and environment has also been analyzed.

Primarily intended as a text for the students of management, the book will also prove very useful for the students of mechanical and civil engineering. In addition, practising professionals would find the book quite valuable."

ISBN: 9788120339699
Author: KAMARAJU RAMAKRISHNA
Published by: PHI Learning
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Fundamentals Of Heat And Mass Transfer

B. K. VENKANNA is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Basaveshwar Engineering College, Baglkot, Karnataka. He obtained his B.E. (Mechanical) degree from K.U.D., Karnataka in 1984 and M.E. (Thermal Sciences) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1987. He is in teaching profession since 1984. He is actively engaged in research work in thermal sciences (I.C. engines, alternative fuels, combustion, heat transfer and solar energy) and has published/presented 13 research papers in various national/international journals/conferences. He has guided over 40 sponsored projects and some of them have been adjudged superlative works.

"This comprehensive text on the basics of heat and mass transfer provides a well-balanced treatment of theory and mathematical and empirical methods used for solving a variety of engineering problems. The book helps students develop an intuitive and practical under-standing of the processes by emphasizing the underlying physical phenomena involved.

Focusing on the requirement to clearly explain the essential fundamentals and impart the art of problem-solving, the text is written to meet the needs of undergraduate students in mechanical engineering, production engineering, industrial engineering, auto-mobile engineering, aeronautical engineering, chemical engineering, and biotechnology.

Key Features :

Covers the theoretical material systematically and in a step-by-step approach.

Focuses on problem-solving techniques.

Provides an excellent selection of more than 300 graded solved examples to foster understanding of the theory.

Gives over 100 chapter-end problems, useful for self-assessment.

Summarizes the important equations at the end of each chapter."

ISBN: 9788120340312
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Gas Dynamics For Engineers

P. BALACHANDRAN (Ph.D., IIT Madras) is Senior Scientist and Deputy Divisional Head of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Earlier, he worked as Assistant Professor at TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala for about 12 years. He has teaching and research experience of over 25 years. A member of various scientific bodies of India, Dr. Balachandran has published a number of research papers in national and international journals. His areas of interest include, apart from Fluid Dynamics, Combustion, Heat Transfer and Refrigeration.

"Intended as a textbook for undergraduate students of aerospace/mechanical engineering and as a reference book for practising engineers, this book provides the most readable approach to the study of gas dynamics with emphasis on the fundamental concepts that help readers develop a strong conceptual base.

This concise and well-organised text covers a wide range of interesting topics such as isentropic flow, Fanno flow, Rayleigh flow, simple flow with mass addition, waves in supersonic flow and measurement techniques in gas dynamics. The topics are dealt with in a carefully designed sequence with proper explanations along with simple mathematical formulations.

Key Features :

• Explains the fundamentals through extensive use of line drawings.

• Contains a large number of solved illustrative examples to help students comprehend the concepts with ease.

• Includes review questions to test students comprehension of the subject.

• Provides answers to unsolved problems.

• Presents flow tables in appendices."

ISBN: 9788120340213
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Group Theory And Its Applications In Chemistry

A. SALAHUDDIN KUNJU (Ph.D.) has been Principal, University College, Thiruvananthapuram. He has also been Head, Department of Chemistry, University College. Dr. Kunju has more than three decades of teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has authored three books and published several papers in international journals.

G. KRISHNAN (Ph.D.) has been Principal, Government College, Chavara, Kerala. He has also been Head, Department of Chemistry, University College, Thiruvananthapuram. Dr. Krishnan has more than three decades of teaching experience and has published several papers in international journals.

"This book presents the basic principles of group theory and their applications in chemical theories. First, it discusses the symmetry elements, point groups and construction of character tables for different point groups. The book then describes the concept of hybridization to explain the shapes of molecules and analyzes the character tables to predict infrared and Raman active vibrational modes of molecules. The book also presents in detail molecular orbital theory and methods for construction of molecular orbitals of molecules with different geometries. In addition, it elaborates techniques of group theory to interpret bonding in transition metal complexes and their electronic spectra. Finally, the book describes the crystalline point groups, Bravais lattices and space groups, as well as the Woodward–Hoffmann rules to determine the pathways of electrocyclic and cycloaddition reactions.

The book is designed for the senior undergraduate students and postgraduate students of chemistry. The researchers in the field of group theory will also find this book useful.

Key Features :

Provides mathematical foundations to understand group theory.

Includes several examples to illustrate applications of group theory.

Presents chapter-end exercises to help the students check their understanding of the subject matter."

ISBN: 9788120340329
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History Of Science, Philosophy And Culture In Indian Civilization

The volumes of the Project on the History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India's heritage and present them in an interrelated way. The jiva who lives in the world is the enworlded subjectivity. The concept of the "enworlded subjectivity" interrelates consciousness, science, society, value, and Yoga. Every individual who is placed in this world becomes an enworlded subjectivity encountering and experiencing three worlds as explained by the Upanisads in the Indian tradition and by Popper and Eccles in the West. The four sections in this volume bring out the nature, status, and function of the individual in relation to society on the one hand, and its achievements, values, and aspirations on the other. The message of this volume is that human beings, though rooted in the transactional world, endeavour to achieve transcendence of their finitude from time to time, from stage to stage. The Upanisad not only speaks about the spiritual journey from the outer world to the inward Self, but also formulates the technique for realizing the primal Spirit through the vision of oneness. The end of the journey takes us to the point from which the journey was started. This volume will be of interest not only for students and scholars of philosophy, but also for social philosophers, interested in the Indian culture and civilization.

ISBN: 8187586265
Author: Chattopadhyaya, D P & Balasubramanian, R
Published by: PROJECT OF HIST.OF INDIAN SCI. PHILOSOPHY&CULTURE
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Role Of Indigenous Germplasm In Improvement Of Horticultural Crops

"This book contains the proceedings of the National Seminar-""Role of Indigenous Germplasm in Improvement of Horticultural Crops"" held at the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar on June 24-25, 2003. The topics covered are of national interest and have been authored by the scientists well known in the area of their concern. The main section of the proceedings cover topics on role of indigenous germplasm in improvement of various vegetable crops, fruits and the horticultural germplasm status at various institutions located particularly in Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh. The role of international institutions like AVRDC, Shanhua, Taiwan and CIAT, Cali, Colombia in plant germplasm management and also as a potential source of elite germplasm of tomato, sweet pepper, chilli pepper, amaranth and dry beans and snap beans figures prominently. The application and usefulness of seed protein electrophoresis in distinguishing released varieties of vegetable crops has been adequately covered. Molecular marker approaches like RAPD to characterize plant germplasm have been included."

ISBN: 8121103932
Author: Singh, Ranvir, Ram, Hari Har, Tiwari, J P
Published by: BISHEN SINGH MAHENDRA PAL SINGH
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