Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Nittetu Chemical Engineering Ltd.

Masaomi Okazaki

Hideo Tamura

Yoichi Shimoi

Takao Suganuma

A method for separating and recovering an objective component from a crude liquid by a membrane in a semi-batch system, including the steps of: at least two stages of adding a washing liquid to the crude liquid stored in a container and mixing the washing liquid with the crude liquid to form a mixture of the crude liquid and the washing liquid, wherein successive ones of the at least two stages are separated by a time lag, wherein the successive ones use washing liquids at different concentrations, in descending order, of the objective component concentration, and further wherein a last one of the plural stages uses only a washing liquid having essentially a zero concentration of the objective component; and for each of the plural stages, performing a step of membrane treatment of the mixture to transfer the objective component from the crude liquid to a permeated liquid.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Masaomi Okazaki