6 th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management NAXOS 2018 Ultrafiltration of protein based solution: Study of membrane fouling Simona M.Miron, Patrick Dutournié, Arnaud Ponche Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M), UMR 7361 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Université de Haute Alsace, 3 bis rue A. Werner, 68098 Mulhouse Cedex, France 21/06/2018 1
Outline Study cases 1. Study of interactions between biomolecules and material throughcross flow filtration Study offoulingbehavior 2. Study of biological activity of the filtrated solutions 2
Ultrafiltration Membrane process Separate, concentrate, rectify and purify Water and wastewater treatment Biopharmaceutical industry Food and diary industry 3
Part 1. Study of interactions between biomolecules and material through cross flow filtration Study of fouling behavior 4
Hen egg white lysozyme enzyme with 129 amino acids antimicrobial activity against Gram positive bacteria Ribbon diagram of HEWL Amino acid L-tyrosine Elementary constituent of Lysozyme Neutral solution Vitamin B12 Used for membrane performances investigation (Mean pore radius calculation using Nernst-Plank model) 5
Membrane characteristics: ultrafiltration membrane bilayer membrane of TiO 2 asymmetrical pore structure cut off 1 kda Membrane performances: 1. Selectivity performances: rejection rate (R) Feed Membrane Retentate 2. Hydraulic performances: permeability (Lp) Permeate 6
N Test Solution R max (%) Calculated Pore radius (nm) Lp (10 14 m 3.m 2 memb) Pure water after conditioning step 6.2 1 L tyrosine 5 4.7 2 VB12 57 1.61 4.1 3 Lysozyme 85 3.6 4 Lysozyme 93 3.3 5 VB12 75 1.27 3.2 6 Lysozyme 98 3.1 7 VB12 86 1.09 2.4 8 L tyrosine 6.5 2.3 Decrease in lysozyme transmission and in hydraulic permeability adsorption? Pore clogging? 7
90 80 r p = 1.09 nm r p = 1.27 nm test Test 3 2 test Test 6 5 test Test 107 Rejection rate (%) 70 60 50 r p = 1.61 nm 40 30 0,0E+00 2,0E 05 4,0E 05 6,0E 05 8,0E 05 Permeation flux (m 3.m 2.s 1 ) Membrane selectivity increases, hydraulic performances decreases calculated pore radius decreases 8
from filtration tests membrane hydraulic performances selectivity properties lysozyme transmission and hydraulic permeability Adsorption of protein pore clogging Tyrosine filtration after Lysozyme no variation Tyrosine filtration before lysozyme (clean membrane) - significant effect Adsorption of lysozyme in pores increases selectivity and decreases hydraulic performances. 9
HPLC analysis of lysozyme Retentate 100 80 9.81 Lysozyme reference sample Lysozyme II Membrane M2 pressure 4 bar Lysozyme II Membrane M2 pressure 6 bar Lysozyme II Membrane M2 pressure 8 bar Lysozyme II Membrane M2 pressure 10 bar Lysozyme II Membrane M2 pressure 12 bar Response[mAU] 60 40 20 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Retention time (min) No modification of the lysozyme molecule (no time/ shear stress effect) 10
HPLC analysis of lysozyme Permeate 1,0 0,8 9.81 10.22 Lysozyme reference sample Lysozyme II Membrane M2 pressure 4 bar Lysozyme II Membrane M2 pressure 6 bar Lysozyme II Membrane M2 pressure 8 bar Lysozyme II Membrane M2 pressure 10 bar Lysozyme II Membrane M2 pressure 12 bar Normalized response 0,6 0,4 0,2 0,0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Retention time (min) Modification of the lysozyme molecule after permeation (denaturated) 11
HPLC analysis of lysozyme of denatured population of molecules after filtration 12
Part 2. Study of biological activity of the filtrated solutions Lysozyme Micrococcus lysodeikticus 13
Lysozyme assay 0,40 Retentate Native Permeate 0,35 Abs (450nm) 0,30 0,25 0,20 0 100 200 300 400 Time [s] Sample Unit/mg Loss of activity Native 83 926 Retentate 85 528 Permeate 68 929 20 % Retentate shows slightly higher activity than permeate 14
/observations Protein adsorption in larger pores (modification of membrane performances > Partialfouling) HPLC : 2 populations of lysozyme with different hydrodynamic radii in retentate and permeate (denaturation) Loss of conformation not correlated to a huge diminution of bacterial activity 15
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6 th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management NAXOS 2018 Ultrafiltration of protein based solution: Study of membrane fouling Simona M.Miron, Patrick Dutournié, Arnaud Ponche Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M), UMR 7361 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Université de Haute Alsace, 3 bis rue A. Werner, 68098 Mulhouse Cedex, France 21/06/2018 17