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Process Industries 2
In memory of Jeanne
For Pascal, Christian and Charles
Jean-Pierre Dal Pont
Process Industries 2
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Foreword 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Laurent BASEILHAC
Foreword 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Vincent LAFLÈCHE
Foreword 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
June C. WISPELWEY
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Jean-Pierre DAL PONT and Marie DEBACQ
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Without doubt, we have entered a new era. The upcoming change seems so
significant that there is already talk of a digital revolution. In this context, many
questions arise:
– What is the future of the process industry and the future of the talented women
and men who are its artisans?
– Will we lose this level of excellence in the field? Or, on the contrary, will we
cultivate it by reviving professions and vocations in terms of the challenges we see
today?
– Is digital technology a winning bet?
– How are industries preparing for their digital transformation? What are the
risks involved?
Jean-Pierre Dal Pont, Marie Debacq, and their co-authors set out to retrace some
industrial trajectories that show that, at different times, industry professionals have
had the capacity to overcome the challenges of their time (production, productivity,
adaptation to consumption patterns, etc.). The challenges differ today, with societal
and environmental markers becoming more and more significant. We understand,
through the book, that the answers must probably be sought once again in terms of
process engineering technologies, as well as in our ability to renew our management
models implemented at the industrial level.
I am sure that readers will share this sense of urgency to tackle all the challenges
of the new world. In doing so, we are cultivating a field of expression for our present
and future talents and we are working on setting the conditions for a possible
reindustrialization.
xii Process Industries 2
But let’s not go too far, at the risk of betraying the minds of the authors who, at
this stage, seek first to provoke the awakening of consciences; they then agree to
give us a few solutions, but above all encourage us to pave paths beyond the narrow
boundaries that we often draw out of habit in our professions; all this of course
without denying the fundamentals that constitute its foundation.
Laurent BASEILHAC
Processes Director, Arkema
Digital Manufacturing Manager
Foreword by Vincent Laflèche
When Jean-Pierre Dal Pont asked me to write a foreword for his book, I accepted
it with enthusiasm.
Not just out of friendship. We have known each other and have had the
opportunity to collaborate for over 15 years. We share the same belief in the
importance of strengthening links and exchanges between industrialists, researchers
and teacher-researchers, between private research, academic research, and higher
education.
The École des mines de Paris adopted its strategic plan in 2017. A member of
the new PSL university (Université Paris sciences et lettres, which from the outset has
been among the top 50 of the best universities in the world and the top French
university), the school puts scientists and engineers in an environment as close as
possible to a research activity. Over 75% of the school’s activity is dedicated to
research and only around 25% to teaching. Its ambition is to prepare general engineers
capable of making a significant contribution to meet the major challenges of the 21st
Century. Ecological transformation, with a particular focus on energy transformation, is
clearly a strategic focus. The second area of focus is the digital transformation of
companies, with a resolute positioning of project ownership for the school. Since the
start of the new school year in September 2019, all our engineering students have
common core subjects from the first year, which prepares them for Big Data processing,
xiv Process Industries 2
so as not to use words that sometimes go out of fashion quickly, such as deep learning
and artificial intelligence (AI). Ensuring the scientific excellence, in particular
mathematical excellence, of our engineering students clearly remains a lasting strategic
marker.
The “resolute project ownership” approach means that these tools will
subsequently be used in engineering projects, in contact with and paying close
attention to industrial partners. The school has a long history of Big Data in
geoscience to optimize drilling, whether oil or geothermal. The school was also
recognized for the contribution of AI in the detection and treatment of cancers as
part of its work with the Institut Curie, which is also a member of PSL. The
challenge for our graduates is not only to know how to use these new tools, but also
to know how to ask and design the industrial question in the wider framework
opened up by these new tools, which requires a sound understanding of technological
and industrial reality.
We train non-specialized engineers. For more than two centuries, the mines
engineer has indeed had to integrate scientific, economic, and human dimensions, as
well as management, security, openness, and solidarity that the beginnings of a
professional career “basically” and inevitably inculcate. For this purpose, the school’s
training combines the so-called “hard” or engineering sciences, natural sciences, and
humanities and social sciences (economics, management, sociology, etc.).
The work of Jean-Pierre Dal Pont and Marie Debacq could not better fit the
strategy of the school, and vice versa. The words “theory and practice” have been
inscribed on the pediment of our establishment for almost two centuries. Similarly,
this work is punctuated and illustrated by concrete cases. This choice can only
delight the Director of the École des mines that I am. These concrete cases relate to
hot topics, often widely publicized (Smart Citites, plastic recycling, etc.). It is not for
the sole purpose of following the news: it is recognition of the fact that we are going
through a period where we have ever faster cycles of innovation – driven in
particular by the digital revolution – and that we need innovation and new
technologies to meet the challenges of sustainable development, but also that these
innovations are not necessarily accepted by the general public in our society, where
we are seeing trust in the engineer and the expert decrease. The engineer and the
scientist must integrate this dimension into their approach. The tools and methods
developed in this book perfectly integrate these challenges.
This book therefore not only makes an exciting connection between the
challenges of business, research, and higher education, it also opens the reader up
more broadly to major societal challenges. It does so at a time when, while
ecological and energy transitions are underway, the digital revolution is bringing
about profound changes to the conduct of companies and industrial management.
Foreword by Vincent Laflèche xv
This revolution also has consequences on society and brings its share of fears and
fantasies, like those engendered by robotics. This book comes at the right time to
help students, teachers, researchers, and professionals in their choices and their
reflections concerning a rapidly changing world where science and technology are
increasingly essential players in sustainable development.
Vincent LAFLÈCHE
Director
École des mines de Paris
Foreword by June C. Wispelwey
Fifteen years ago, when starting the Society for Biological Engineering of the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE®), I had the good fortune to meet
Jean-Pierre Dal Pont. We talked about the future of the chemical engineering
profession and about the influence of advancements in biological engineering,
particularly with bio-energy and bio-pharma. We discussed the opportunities for
creating new life-saving therapeutic proteins and chemicals produced economically
from renewable feedstocks. This was the first of many inspiring conversations we
would have regarding the future of chemical engineering. It is not a surprise to me
that he wrote this passionate book about the process industries and a vision of its
future.
Now is a time of transformation. AIChE has a ground floor view of one aspect
that is gaining ground – process intensification and modularization. The effort, led
by the AIChE’s RAPID Manufacturing Institute, is dedicated to improving energy
efficiency and lowering investment requirements, and removing barriers that have
limited deployment of this technology. For example, process intensification can
combine steps and lead to lower costs in industries such as oil and gas, pulp and
paper, and chemical production. Modularization enables one to add capacity in small
increments which are more suited to a manufacturer’s need. The Institute de-risks
new technologies in these capital-intensive industries and reduces the ecological
footprint.
These volumes arrive at the right time for the new generation, who will enable
these technologies and develop new ones to strengthen the process industries and
make the world a better place.
June C. WISPELWEY
Executive Director and CEO
AIChE
Introduction
This book, a result of knowledge exchange between the academic and industrial
worlds, aims to introduce process industries to students, teachers, researchers,
professionals, decision-makers, and, in general, the general public, at a time when
they are affected by the digital revolution that accompanies the ongoing energy and
environmental transitions.
The companies that depend on it create value through their products from
industrial facilities (workshops, factories) that implement specific technologies and
processes. The science enabling this implementation is called “chemical
engineering” (génie des procédés in French).
The French name is to be credited to the late Professor Jacques Villermaux of the
École nationale supérieure des industries chimiques (ENSIC, the French National
School of Chemical Industries) in Nancy, who noted that all the knowledge and
techniques of chemical engineering could be perfectly applied, beyond the chemical
and petroleum industries, to all process industries.
This book is an invitation to discover the operational modes and technical and
industrial management of these industries. It attempts to succinctly answer the
following questions:
– What is a company?
– What are its foundations and how is it organized?
– How does it respond to what is today known as CSR (corporate social
responsibility)?
– How does it cooperate with its stakeholders (clients, stockholders, employees,
administration, etc.) when the concept of capitalism with a human face is born
which, in addition to remunerating its shareholders, wants to display its contribution
to the common good?
– How does it design its commercial products based on the results of its
research?
– How does it build and manage its plants and factories to manufacture and
distribute its products, after having assessed their impact on the environment
through an eco-design analysis based on LCA (Life cycle Assessment)?
– What are the scientific bases and the “technological elements” that the
chemical engineer, at the heart of the process, will use to design and operate the
manufacturing facility?
Added to this is the fact that the increasingly enlightened consumer wants to
know what they have on their plate, to be informed about the origin of the products
they use. Traceability, authentication, naturalness, fair trade, etc. are concepts that
manufacturers can no longer ignore. For example, the world is worried about the
future of plastics: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the North Atlantic Garbage
Patch1, which are several times the size of France, are dumbfounding.
1 Continents of plastic floating on the oceans, sheltering an aquatic fauna that feeds on it and
enters the food chain.
Introduction xxi
This book is particularly interested in the industrial facility at the center of the
company. The future of it will depend heavily on its design and its technical and
human implementation. Manufacturing operations are no longer considered dirty
jobs; it is a given that wealth is built in the workshop (or on the shop floor). Thus,
Toyotism, also called “lean manufacturing”, is there to prove it: this production
system has enabled Toyota to create an empire in the automotive industry and
surpass the Americans in their own country.
In recent years, the digital revolution has brought about a radical change
(disruption) at the societal level and at the level of companies, both at the
managerial and productive levels. It was made possible by the increased power of
computers (Moore’s law), by the multiplication of sensors, their miniaturization,
their low cost, and the development of algorithms. The notion of artificial
intelligence (AI), which brings together a set of computer applications and
algorithms based on the processing and exploitation of Big Data, testifies to this
industrial revolution in progress. AI modifies our lives, our professions, our way of
moving, very often, of taking care of ourselves, without our being aware of it. This
term pervades books, articles, speeches and private and government research
programs. Smartphones and tablets, which are only about 10 years old, are one of
the essential pieces of media of this revolution. Who could do without it today?
In addition to AI, the digital revolution has brought with it a number of digital
tools that underpin the concept of the plant of the future, born in Germany under
the name “factory 4.0”. The plant of the future combines the virtual world with the
real world. These tools include the IoT (Internet of Things) – everything is
connected and everything is connectable – virtual reality, augmented reality, digital
twins, additive manufacturing (3D printers), etc. The world of work is deeply
affected by robotics and cobotics. We must expect an industry to emerge where
repetitive, tiring, messy and even dangerous tasks will be eliminated. The operator
will be more of a supervisor than a performer.
Added to this is the fact that the concept of sustainable development, the basis of
CSR, is now mature, including the need for metrics. Industry is moving towards a
circular, low-carbon and, no doubt, decentralized economy. Bio-industries are not
immune to this development with the development of synthetic biology, a
remarkable future technological tool, but subject to controversy from the ethical
standpoint.
Are we
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of the advent
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Black Box Society”
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science, technology and knowleddge – will beecome increaasingly conneected and
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These are the reflflections that this work inv vites us to. This
T book hoppes to be
interactivve and accesssible for everyyone; it refers to illustrativve videos andd presents
concretee examples, offfered by leadding figures inn the form of boxes.
b These are listed
at the ennd of each voluume.
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Chap pter 1: Industries, Businesses and Peeople (Jean-P Pierre Dal Poont): this
first chaapter is devotted to the inddustry and th
he businesses that depend on it. It
focuses on process inndustries, whille highlighting
g what differeentiates them from the
manufaccturing and service industries. The theemes concernning their connstitution,
strategy,, functioning and
a governancce are discusseed.
Introduction xxiii
Chapter 2: Earth, Our Habitat: Products by the Millions, the Need for
Awareness (Jean-Pierre Dal Pont and Michel Royer): dedicated to the
relationship between products and the environment, this chapter initiates a reflection
on our way of life. Earth, our habitat, is a finite space whose complex cycles depend
on anthropic activities: we can cite, for example, atmospheric chemistry and the
problem of ozone. The vital systems of water, food, energy and climate are referred
to as a “nexus”, because they are interdependent. Products, whose quantity is
increasing with the population explosion, must be ecodesigned using LCA
(Lifecycle Assessment), toxicology, ecotoxicology and traceability studies, and turn
to biobased raw materials. The circular economy must prevail over a linear
economy, which consists of extracting, producing, consuming and throwing away.
This chapter studies production, its flows (financial, information, materials), and
the increasingly sophisticated IT tools that make it possible to manage them such as
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). It also discusses the bases for calculating the
cost price of products and margins. Finally, special thought is given to change
management: to last is also to change.
Chapter 5: The Enterprise and The Plant of the Future at the Age of the
Transition to Digital Technology (Jean-Pierre Dal Pont): Chapter 5 recalls the
industrial revolutions that have followed one another since the invention of the
steam engine, a source of energy at the beginning of the 18th Century, to the present
day. It analyzes their impact on society and on the capital-intensive business as we
know it today. Emphasis is placed on information technology, which took off after
the Second World War. The emergence of the Internet around 1990, that of the
smartphone around 2000, and the beginnings of artificial intelligence initiated the
digital revolution, whose unprecedented impact we are already seeing on society and
industry. Many boxes give examples of the use of AI in fields as varied as
autonomous cars, underwater exploration, robotics and industrial management.
While the various applications of this emerging technology can hold out hope for
many advances and improvements, the use of AI raises many questions. The very
functioning of the industrial business is turned upside down. Will Teslism,
synonymous with, among other things, the “hybridization” of computer systems,
supplant Fordism? Isn’t the robot assisting the operator a threat to his job? The
citizen, meanwhile, questions the intrusion of GAFA in his private life and
governments about their supranationality. The “fully connected” raises fears for the
fragility of administrative and industrial systems, while cybercrime is a ubiquitous
threat. The fundamental question is whether human beings are at the heart of the
system and… for how long.
1.1. Introduction
This period preceddes the workss of Antoni Van V Leeuwenhhoek (1632–11723) and
Pasteur (1822–1895).. The first, thhrough the in nvention of a tool, the miccroscope,
capable of visualizingg microscopic living beingss, was able to highlight the presence
of thesee microorgannisms in manny environmeents. The second has deefinitively
demonsttrated their rolle in the proceesses of processing organic matter and thhus put an
end to thhe theory of sppontaneous geeneration (appearance of liiving beings ffrom non-
living matter)
m defendeed for centuriees by renowneed scientists.
prices close to the prices of the synthetic molecules to compete with. At the moment
of writing, this last challenge remains the major obstacle to the breakthrough of a
number of products of microbial origin.
The microorganisms used today in the industrial world belong to the domain of
organisms known as prokaryotic or eukaryotic. The former is characterized by an
absence of nucleus but also an intracellular organization poorly structured in
organelles. These are bacteria and archaebacteria*. The latter include
microorganisms whose cells contain a nucleus and a large number of various
organelles. The main industrial eukaryotic microorganisms are yeasts, molds* and
microalgae* (Figure 1.2).
for the chemical industry; finally, blue biotechnology studies products related to
marine biodiversity. The evolution of the biotechnology market greatly varies
depending on the sector concerned. More than 50% of new pharmaceutical products
stem from red biotechnology. The development of biopesticides as a substitute for
pesticides is an example of the development of green biotechnology. While these
biopesticides currently only account for between 5% and 10% of synthetic
pesticides, their market is growing by about 14% per year, while the global market
for synthetic pesticides has reached a plateau in recent years. In the field of white
biotechnology, enzyme* production is a booming market for textile, leather, biofuel,
detergence, etc. industries. The other flagship of white biotechnology is the
production of bioethanol. The latter must now evolve to make use of the processing
of crop residues rather than compete with food-oriented crops. Yellow
biotechnology, as well as green biotechnology for that matter, are facing cost prices
too high compared to concurrent chemicals and restrictions on the European market
related to the use of genetically manipulated microorganisms. Finally, the
exploitation of the marine microbial potential still remains in its infancy.
Agriculture
Agri-food Healthcare
Sea
Bioprocesses
Environment
Biomolecules
The starter culture concept has gradually expanded to other applications, such as
enzyme-producing microorganisms whose hydrolytic properties are exploitable in
environments such as septic tanks, grease traps used in water purification processes
or for bioremediation* of polluted soils.
Degradation
Fat degradation Bacillus, Yarrowia lipolytica
starters
from simple organic acids created by the central metabolism to more or less
complex polymers that act as energy storage for the cell, including the panoply of
proteins or enzymes or even metabolites secondary to multiple structures and
applications. An enzyme, amylase, capable of degrading starch, was one of the first
metabolites produced on an industrial scale from the Aspergillus niger mold.
For many decades, this strategy has been used with fairly similar tools regardless
of the product or application under consideration. Today, technological
developments are profoundly changing this strategy. In the rest of this chapter, these
developments will be presented during the various stages of the process. Combined,
they most likely constitute the typical blueprint for the futuristic factory in
industrial microbiology.
Market by
Ingredient Global market
Main products product Main application sector
type 2017 ($ millions)
($ million)
Organic acids 3119 Citric acid 1714 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Feed, Industrial and others
Gluconic acid 232 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Industrial and others
Itaconic acid 115 Industrial and others
Lactic acid 1010 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Industrial and others
Succinic acid 48 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Industrial and others
Amino acids 9271 Glutamic acid 3678 Food and beverage
Lysine 4410 Feed, Industrial and others
Threonine 1107 Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Feed
Tryptophane 76 Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Feed
Vitamins and
1981 Ascorbic acid 954 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Feed, Industrial and others
carotenoids
Iso ascorbic acid 125 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Industrial and others
Carotenoids 270 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics
Riboflavin 504 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Feed
Enzymes 6287 Carbohydrases 1791.2 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Feed, Industrial and others
Proteases 1344.4 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Feed, Industrial and others
Polymerases and
932.4 Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Industrial and others
nucleases
Lipases 244.3 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Feed, Industrial and others
Phytases 259.9 Feed
Other enzymes 681.9 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Feed, Industrial and others
Polysaccharides
769 Xanthan 739 Food and beverage, Pharmaceutical and cosmetics
and polymers
Antibiotics 2583 Penicillin 756 Pharmaceutical and cosmetics, Feed
Bio-industry in the Age of the Transition to Digital Technology
The use of a robotic tool such as the colony picker (Figure 1.5) has allowed the
automation of this approach and, speeding up the selection process or multiplying
the number of clones analyzed. Using a camera, this tool is capable of analyzing
changes in turbidity or the color of the environment of a colony, or even colony
sizes, and is able to transfer the most efficient clones into a liquid medium for further
testing or conservation. Depending on the equipment, this task can be performed at a
speed of a few hundred to several thousand transplanted clones per hour.
These technologiees also offer a larger selection test pannel. Robotizaation now
allows, among
a other things, to colllect, add, mixx, incubate, filter
f and autoomatically
detect. The
T result is a multitude of o possibilitiess for analyzinng the potentiial of the
strains too be selected (Figure
( 1.6).
Figure 1.5.
1 The colon ny picker is a piece of equiipment that en nables high-thhroughput
screenin
ng of microbiall strains posse
essing a partiicular propertyy. It works by means of
a camerra that tracks colonies of microorganism
m ms presenting a different ph henotypic
characte
er (color, shape, pigment prooduction, etc.))
12 Process Industries 2
a)
b)
c)
This device still naturally presents a number of limitations. For example, the
potential of microbiological life in the seabed is nowadays practically unknown.
Revealing it with robotic tools requires highly pressurized reactors. These devices are
not yet available for high-throughput screening.
The optimization of microbial strains has, for many years, been based on the use
of random mutagenesis* obtained through cell treatment by irradiation (ultra-violet,
X-rays, etc.) or by the use of chemical mutagenic agents (N-methyl-N’-nitro-
nitrosoguanidine (NTG), ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS), etc.). Overproducing
penicillin strains obtained after successive treatments of Penicillium chrysogenum
by these different physical or chemical agents and the selection of hyperproducing
mutants is a well-known example thereof. It is estimated that some twenty
successive mutation stages have led to an increase from an antibiotic production of
60 mg/l to 7 g/l which corresponds to a productivity 100 times higher.
limit genetic modifications to their strict minimum. These tools, which allow for
minimal genome limitation without the addition of genes or foreign DNA to the
strain, could ultimately constitute a response to requests for a reduced use of GMOs.
A second dimension is the biology of systems, which consists of encompassing and
modelling as many phenomena as possible occurring within a cell or a population of
cells to optimize their functioning as part of a given objective. These models allow,
with a number of strains well-controlled at the industrial scale such as Escherichia
coli, Bacillus subtilis or bacteria or yeasts such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pichia
pastoris or Yarrowia lipolytica, to provide a global view of their metabolism or the
regulation thereof and to define targeted modification strategies of their genetic
heritage. A third approach is that of synthetic biology* which aims to induce the
production by a given microorganism of a metabolite that it was unable to
synthesize by transferring into this microorganism the genes encoding the enzymes
responsible for the entire metabolic pathway necessary for this synthesis. Another
approach to synthetic biology is one that consists in defining the minimum genome
necessary to the growth of a microorganism in a given environment by eliminating
all non-essential genes to cell life. This approach should eventually define
“microbial chassis*” ready to synthesize metabolites of different origins. These
microbial chassis could be adapted to a particular inexpensive substrate.
The second essential element is to be able to extract from the culture medium all
the elements (C, H, O, N, P and S) necessary to manufacture the set of monomers
Bio-industry in the Age of the Transition to Digital Technology 15
(amino acids, monosaccaride, fatty acids, puric and pyrimidic bases, vitamins, etc.)
and polymers (proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, nucleic acids, etc.) that compose a
microorganism. In addition, there is a certain number of trace elements necessary to
ensure ion and osmotic equilibrium in the cell but also the realization of a number of
reactions that require their presence as a cofactor. They are often classified
according to the needs of the cell, in major (Na, K, Cl, Mg, Mn, etc.) and minor
(Fe, Cu, Co, etc.) trace elements. Some microorganisms may merely require a
source of organic carbon and different mineral salts containing nitrogen,
phosphorus, sulfur and trace elements to develop. Others require a much richer
medium in organic molecules that they have lost the ability to manufacture on their
own. Photosynthetic microorganisms such as microalgae are able to use CO2 as a
carbon source. Finally, every strain of microorganism develops within a pH and
temperature range that is specific to it. This mix of different information conditions
the environment in which microorganisms are able to develop optimally and thus the
processes developed to produce them.
Inherited from chemical engineering, the traditional bioreactor used today in the
vast majority of bio-industries meets the majority of these criteria. In short, its mirror-
polished stainless-steel structure allows it to avoid the adhesion of microorganisms on
the reactor walls while ensuring resistance to the steam sterilization process of the
equipment. Equipped with a heat exchanger (usually a double envelope) to maintain
the temperature, it possesses a gas supply system (air, oxygen, CO2, etc.) most often
16 Process Industries 2
equipped with a sterilizing filter and a mixing system that ensures a homogeneity of
the three phases existing within the bioreactor. This system also plays an important
role in optimizing the transfer of oxygen or CO2 from gas bubbles to the culture
medium. The reactor also includes a sample collection valve, a drain valve, as well as
one or two valves for adding liquid. An air outlet often equipped with a sterilizing
filter ensures the evacuation of gases. A number of sensors allow the online monitoring
of certain parameters such as pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration, volume,
presence of foam, etc. Some of these parameters can be regulated. These sensors are
therefore connected to an automat which, under the control of supervising software,
sends messages to actuators, which are most often valves.
a) b)
Fig
gure 1.8. Upsscaling of the bioreactor
b cultturing processs (200 ml to 2 m3)
1.5.3. Downstream
D m fermentattion process
ses (downs
stream proc
cessing,
DSP)
Dowwnstream ferm mentation processes are dependent on thee nature of thee product
to be reccovered (cells,, intracellular or extracellular metabolitess) and its appllication.
Bio-industry in the Age of the Transition to Digital Technology 19
Microfluidics is gradually invading the industrial microbiology sector. Its use has
several vocations: to miniaturize bioreactors to facilitate high-throughput studies of
optimal culture conditions or the screening of mutants as mentioned above, to study
the behavior of cells individually and to collect the most efficient cells.
The scaling-up constraints mentioned above, the progress of small-scale tools and
the high productivity achieved through cell optimization are likely to completely
revolutionize the bio-industry of the future. One of the solutions increasingly
envisaged is the multiplication of small volume production tools, operated in parallel
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and in which process optimization has been validated. This approach could increase
the success rate of transferring bioprocesses from the pilot lab scale to the company’s
scale.
The development of immobilized cell reactors is a fairly old concept that has been
used for many years in industrial microbiology. In a number of cases, these reactors
provide increased productivity for a metabolite or enzyme of interest. They also
facilitate the development of continuous processes for the permanent extraction of a
culture medium virtually devoid of cells. Conventional approaches used are fixation
on a support by adsorption, encapsulation in gel or the exploitation of the natural or
induced formation of cellular aggregates. In recent years, the discovery and
characterization of biofilm growth of a number of microorganisms has led to the
development of a new approach to processes that incorporate this differentiated form
of growth. Although still complex to control, the formation of biofilm provides a
natural form of cellular immobilization that responds in nature to a number of
stresses. In the long run, biofilms may eventually be of interest, particularly in the
production of certain secondary metabolites.
For many years, the logic of pure, perfectly controlled culture has predominated
in most industrial microbiology processes. Advances achieved in microbial ecology
and in characterizing microbial ecosystems* are paving the way for a new era that
could eventually create more resilient processes, integrating a microbial community
rather than a pure microorganism. Another evolution in microbial processes is the
development of cascades of microorganisms with, in particular, different but
complementary enzymatic capabilities for obtaining a particular product.
As the kingdom changed its king at the death of each monarch, the
country swayed from Catholicism to Protestantism and back again,
and many a poet and musician lost his head or was burnt at the stake
because he wrote for the Protestant Church. In the case of Marbeck
who had made music for the Book of Common Prayer, he just
escaped death for the crime of writing a Bible concordance (an
index)!
Before Wynken de Worde’s song book came out, William Caxton,
the great printer, published a book called Polychronicon by Higden.
In this, was an account of Pythagoras and his discovery of tone
relations (Chapter IV); this proves the great interest in England for
the science, as well as the art, of music.
In Frederick J. Crowest’s book, The Story of the Art of Music, he
tells very simply the state of music in England at this time:
“When the adventurous Henry VIII plunged into and
consummated (completed) the reformation scheme, it was at the
expense of considerable inconvenience to musicians obliged,
perforce, to change their musical manners as well as their faith. In
double quick time the old ecclesiastical (church) music had to be cast
aside, and new church music substituted.... This meant pangs and
hardships to the musicians, possibly not too industrious, accustomed
to the old state of things. Simplicity, too, was the order, a change that
must have made musicians shudder when they, like others before
them, from the time of Okeghem, had regarded the Mass as the
natural and orthodox (correct) vehicle for the display of the
contrapuntal miracles they wrought.”
Now the Mass became the “Service,” and the motet was turned
into the “Anthem,” which we still use in our churches. Most of the
famous composers of the 16th and 17th centuries in England wrote
for the new Anglican or Protestant Church, and made the new music
lovely indeed. Many of them were organists or singers in the Chapel
Royal, so they had been well prepared for their work.
To make this new music different from the old, the writers were
ordered to fit every syllable with a chord (in the harmonic style). In
the old counterpoint, of course, the words were somewhat blurred.
These experiments with chords did much to free music for all time.
One of the earliest of the church composers is Thomas Tallis
(about 1520–1585), a “Gentleman of the Chapel Royal” and father of
English cathedral music. Through his long career, Tallis followed the
different religions of the rulers from Henry VIII to Elizabeth, writing
Catholic music or Protestant as was needed. You see he liked his
head, so he changed his music with each new monarch. He, like some
of the composers of the Netherlands school, wrote a motet for forty
voices.
He shared with his pupil, William Byrd, the post of organist of the
Chapel Royal, and together they opened a shop “to print and sell
music, also to rule, print and sell music paper for twenty-one years”
under a patent granted by Queen Elizabeth to them only. How
successful the two composers were in the publishing business is not
stated, but at least they could publish as many of their own works as
they cared to! After Tallis’ death, in 1585, for a while Byrd ran the
shop alone, and published a collection of Psalms, Sonets, and Songs
of Sadness and Pietie. In this was written “Eight reasons briefly set
down by the Author (Byrd) to persuade every one to learn to sing” to
which he added:
Since singing is so goode a thing
I wish all men would learne to sing.
Famous Old Music Collections
England was the land of famous music collections in the 16th and
17th centuries. The first of these by Byrd was a book of Italian
Madrigals with English words, Musica Transalpina, (Music from
across the Alps). The entire title was (Don’t laugh!): “Musica
Transalpina; Madrigals translated of foure, five, and sixe parts,
chosen out of diuers excellent Authors, with the first and second part
of La Virginella, made by Maister Byrd vpon two Stanz’s of Ariosto
and brought to speak English with the rest. Published by N. Yonge, in
fauer of such as take pleasure in Musick of voices. Imprinted at
London by Thomas Easy, the assigne of William Byrd, 1588. Cum
Privilegio Regise Maiestatis (With permission of her Royal
Majesty).” A long title and one that would not make a book a
“bestseller” today! Do notice how they mixed u’s and v’s and put in
e’s where you least expect them!
There were fifty-seven madrigals in the long titled collection
including the two by “Maister Byrd”; the others were by the Italian
and Netherland madrigal writers, such as Palestrina, Orlandus
Lassus and Ferabosco, a composer of masques and madrigals, who
lived for years in England.
Byrd’s compositions in this work mark the beginning of the great
English school of madrigals, which were so lovely that this period
(1560 to 1650) was called the “Golden Age.”
The Golden Age of Madrigals
Another most valuable collection was for many years called Queen
Elizabeth’s Virginal Book, but is now the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book,
and the original manuscript is in the Fitzwilliam museum at
Cambridge. It was supposed to have been “Good Queen Bess’” book,
but it was not, as some of its compositions were composed after her
death. It is not known who copied 220 pages of music, but it may
have been a wealthy Roman Catholic, Francis Tregian, who spent
twenty-four years in prison on account of his religious faith. This
name, abbreviated or in initials, is found in several places in the
manuscript. An edition in our notation has been made by J. A. Fuller
Maitland and W. Barclay Squire. Many of the old songs of English
minstrelsy are found among the numbers, and they were arranged
for the instrument by the famous composers of that day. There are
also original compositions as well as “ayres” and variations. Among
the composers we find Dr. John Bull, Thomas Morley, William Byrd,
Orlando Gibbons, Giles Farnaby, Richard Farnaby, Thomas Tallis,
Jan Sweelinck, the Dutch organist, and many others. Here are some
of the quaint titles: St. Thomas’ Wake, King’s Hunt, The Carman’s
Whistle, The Hunt’s Up, Sellonger’s Round, Fortune My Foe, Pawles
Warfe, Go from My Window, Bonny Sweet Robin, besides many
Pavanes, Galiardes, Fantasias, and Preludiums.
There is also a collection of Byrd’s virginal music called My Lady
Nevell’s Booke. Lady Nevell may have been a pupil of Byrd. There are
two collections of this same kind at Buckingham Palace, the home of
the King of England,—Will Forster’s Virginal Book and Benjamin
Cosyn’s Virginal Book. In the index of the latter, we read: “A table of
these Lessons following made and sett forth by Ben Cos.” In all, he
copied more than 90 compositions!
Later came John Playford, music publisher, whose first musical
publication, The English Dancing-Master (1650), contains almost a
hundred old folk tunes. Select Musical Ayres appeared three years
later, and is a typical 17th century song collection of first-class poems
by Jonson, Dryden and others set to music by well-known
composers. His book on the theory of music, used for almost a
century, contained “lessons” for the viol, the cithern and flageolet.
His Dancing Master, a collection of airs for violin for country
dances, has brought to us many popular ballad tunes and dance airs
of the period.
In these collections we often find the names Fancies, Fantazia, or
Fantasies, a type of composition that grew out of the madrigal and
led to the sonata. It was the name given to the first compositions for
instruments alone like the ricercari of the Italians, which were
original compositions and not written on a given subject (called in
England “ground”), or on a folk song. The Fancies were sometimes
written for the virginal, and sometimes for groups of instruments
such as a “chest of viols” or even five cornets(!).
The Chest of Viols
“Chest of Viols” may sound queer to you, but it isn’t! It was the
custom in England at that time for people to have collections of
instruments in or out of chests. So, when callers came they could
play the viol, instead, probably of bridge! You can read about these
interesting old days in Samuel Pepys’ Diary. He played the lute, the
viol, the theorbo, the flageolet, the recorder (a kind of flute) and the
virginal, and he was the proud owner of a chest of viols. He always
carried his little flageolet with him in his pocket, and he says that
while he was waiting in a tavern for a dish of poached eggs, he played
his flageolet, also that he remained in the garden late playing the
flageolet in the moonlight. (Poetic Pepys!)
Thomas Morley, Byrd’s pupil, who was made a partner in the
publishing house after Tallis’s death, wrote his madrigals for virginal,
and a collection called First Book of Consort Lessons for Six
Instruments, Lute, Pandora, Cittern (an old English form of guitar),
Bass Viol, Flute, and Treble Viol, and much sacred music. He also
wrote a Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practical Musick, a book of
great value and interest to musicians for the last three centuries, for
it is a mirror of his time and of his fellow composers.
He tells of a gentleman, who, after dinner, was asked by his
hostess to sing from the music she gave him. It was the custom in
England to bring out the music books after dinner and for the guests
to play and sing, as we wind up our graphophones and switch on the
radio. The gentleman stammeringly declared that he could not sing
at sight and “everyone began to wonder; yea, some whispered to
others, demanding how he was brought up.” He was so ashamed of
his ignorance that he immediately took music lessons to remedy his
woeful lack of culture. This proves that musical education was not
looked upon as a luxury but a necessity in the 17th century.
Truly, it was a musical era, this time of Morley and Byrd! Fancy
playing, while waiting for the barber, the viol, flute, lute, cittern, or
virginal left for that purpose. Yet what would our dentist do today if
he had to listen to a saxophone and jazz chorus from his waiting
room? In those days, too, there was always a bass viol left in a
drawing-room for the guest, to pass the time, waiting for the host to
appear. Think of all the practising you could do waiting for the busy
dentist or eternally late hostess!
The children of people who were poor, were taught music to make
them fit to be “servants, apprentices or husbandmen.” Laneham, a
groom who had been brought up in the royal stable, was advanced to
the post of guarding the door of the council chamber and this is how
he described his qualifications for the job: “Sometimes I foot it with
dancing; now with my gittern, and else my cittern, then at the
virginals (ye know nothing comes amiss to me); then carol I up a
song withal; that by-and-by they come flocking about me like bees to
honey; and ever they cry, ‘Another, good Laneham, another!’” (From
The Story of Minstrelsy by Edmundstoune Duncan.)
Shakespeare and Music
This was the day in which Shakespeare lived, and from his plays
we get a very good idea of the popular music of his time, for he used
bits of folk songs and old ballads. It was a Lover and his Lass from
As You Like It was set to music by Thomas Morley, and is one of the
few songs written to Shakespeare’s words in his own day that has
come down to us. In Twelfth Night there is O Mistress Mine, Hold
thy Peace, Peg-a-Ramsey, O, London is a Fine Town, Three Merry
Men be We, and the Clown’s song:
Hey! Robin, jolly Robin,
Tell me how thy lady does, etc.
The last of the great 17th century English composers, and the
greatest of them all, is Henry Purcell (1658–1695). His father was a
well-known musician, and the uncle, who brought him up, was also a
musician, so the young boy heard much music in his own home, and
no doubt knew many composers.
Sir Frederick Bridge in Twelve Good Musicians tells us that the
Purcell family came from Tipperary in Ireland and that Henry’s
father and uncle were Gentlemen in the Chapel Royal in London.
Henry began his music studies at the age of six, for he, too, was one
of “Captain Cooke’s boys,” and when he was twelve years old,
“Maister Purcell” wrote a composition in honor of “His Majestie’s
Birthday.”
The young Purcell, sometimes called the “English Mozart,” gained
much from Pelham Humphrey who told him of Lully in France. After
Humphrey’s early death (he was only twenty-seven), Purcell studied
with Dr. Blow, and the two musicians were devoted comrades. Their
tombs lie close together near the old entrance of the organ loft,
where they must have spent many hours of their lives.
Matthew Locke was also a friend of Purcell’s, and probably did
much to interest the young composer in the drama, for in spite of his
early church training, Purcell’s greatest offering to English music was
his opera writing. While Purcell’s are not operas in our sense of the
word, they are the nearest thing to them that England had, before the
Italians came with theirs in the 18th century. He wrote music to
masques and plays, several of which were even called operas, yet
only one really was an opera. Purcell’s music “was so far in advance
of anything of the sort known in any part of Europe in his day, in
point of dramatic and musical freedom and scenic quality, that one
can only regret his early death’s preventing his taking to opera
writing on a larger scale.” (W. F. Apthorp.) Among the things he put
to music were the plays of Dryden and of Beaumont and Fletcher.
Purcell was one of the first English composers to use Italian
musical terms, like adagio, presto, largo, etc. He was also one of the
first composers to write compositions of three or four movements for
two violins, ’cello and basso continuo, a part written for harpsichord
or sometimes organ as an accompaniment to the other instruments.
The name of this style of composition also came from the Italian, and
was called Sonata. The first sonatas were composed by Italians. The
word Sonata comes from an Italian word suonare which means to
sound, and was first given to works for instruments. Another form of
composition is the Cantata, from cantare which means to sing. It is a
vocal composition with accompaniment of instruments, a direct
descendant of the motet and madrigal, and of the early oratorios.
The Toccata, too, comes from the Italian toccare, meaning to
touch, and was originally a work for instruments with keyboards.
The Italian language gave us our musical names and terms, because
Italian music was the model of what good music should be, and
England, France and Germany copied Italian ways of composing.
Everyone uses the Italian terms for musical expressions so that all
nationalities can understand them.
When Purcell was only 17 years old, he composed an opera to be
played by young ladies in a boarding school. This was Dido and
Æneas, and it is so good that few writers on musical subjects believe
that it was written in his youth.
In every branch of composition in which Purcell wrote, he excelled.
His church music is the finest of his day, his chamber music and his
operas are looked upon as works of genius. In fact, he is still
considered the most gifted of all English composers.
He was only 37 when he died, and was a very great loss to the
growth of English music.
Music Comes of Age