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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biotechnol Prog. 2009 Sep-Oct;25(5):1402–1410. doi: 10.1002/btpr.217

Table 2.

Permeate flow rate and trans-membrane pressure difference at each stage of the filtration process without and with 10L diafiltration at stage III.

Without Diafiltration With 10L Diafiltration
Permeate flow rate
(mL/min)
Trans-membrane pressure
difference (psig)
Permeate flow rate
(mL/min)
Trans-membrane pressure
difference (psig)

Stage Start End Start End Start End Start End
I 45.60±2.20 21.30±4.25 2.92±0.40 10.67±2.02 38.00±5.29 17.53±1.29 3.81±0.96 9.87±1.21
II 29.40±3.84 21.40±4.23 2.10±0.34 2.78±0.49 57.00±4.58 29.40±2.40 3.56±0.27 1.23±0.19
III 13.50±1.34 4.30±0.54 8.34±1.30 10.74±2.34 11.50±3.50 2.67±0.44 6.55±2.80 9.97±2.78