Bioprocess Engineering: Basic Concepts (2nd Edition)
Michael L. Shuler (Author), Fikret Kargi (Author)

List Price:   $115.00

Hardcover: 576 pages

Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (October 31, 2001)

ISBN: 0130819085 | All Editions

This is an interesting book since it views biotechnology (and biology/microbiology) through the eyes of a chemical engineer.  It has an excellent section on the history of the field.  It also had several dense and thorough chapters on biology to bring engineers up to speed.   I use this as a reference quite a bit.  It is written for engineers at the senior or graduate level.  JdK

Bioprocess Engineering

Bjorn K. Lydersen (Editor), Nancy A. D'Elia (Editor), Kim L. Nelson (Editor)

List Price:   $150.00

Hardcover: 5 pages

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1st edition (April 6, 1994)

ISBN: 0471035440

This book was written primarily by engineering and equipment contractors, along with operations folks in industry.  It is targeted specifically to train folk new to manufacturing operations.  It has discussions that are very practical; not highly scientific in nature or style, with oversimplifications and/or inaccuracies here and there.  It has good chapters on fermenter design (ch 1), tangential flow filtration (ch 3), chromatography operations (ch 5), piping (ch 7), pumps (ch 8), cartridge filtration (ch 9), instrumentation and control (ch 11), cleaning (ch 12), sterilization (ch 13), water (ch 14), utilities (ch 15), HVAC (ch 17), facility design (ch 18), and validation (ch 21).JdK

Bioreactor System Design
Juan A. Asenjo, Jose C. Merchuk (Editor)

List Price:   $250.00

Hardcover: 620 pages

Publisher: Marcel Dekker; (November 17, 1994)

ISBN: 0824790022

This is another engineering book with a strength in bioreactor/fermenter design. JdK

Principles of Fermentation Technology
P F STANBURY (Author), A. WHITAKER (Author), S. Hall (Author), Stephen J. Hall, Peter F. Stanbury, Allan Whitaker

Paperback: 376 pages

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2nd edition (May 3, 1999)

ISBN: 0750645016

Other Editions: Hardcover (2nd) | All Editions

This emphasizes the structure and function of a bioreactor.  It also has a chapter on fermentation economics.