Description
Alcoholic fermentation and biomass production in a bioreactor in batch mode
Alcoholic fermentation process using beer yeasts:
- Study biomass growth
- Study the influence of operating parameters on growth and metabolite production
Different sterilization techniques:
- Injection of steam in the fermentation tank
- Bactericidal solutions and autoclave treatment of ancillary systems
- Microbiological sterility control protocol
General Specifications
- 10 L stainless steel tank, double jacket.
- Upper lid, electro-polished stainless steel 304, vapor injection for sterilization, cleaning hole,
one exhaust gas equipped with a rupture disk, 3 quick fitting connections for: reagent, compressed air and substrate injection. - Stirring with variator and display of fluid level, Electro polished shaft equipped with two stainless steel 304
Rushton turbine. Anti foam system on surface, 4 removable baffles. - Compressed air circuit,Stainless steel filter, sterilizable by vapor injection. Sparger for air introduction in the medium
- Vapor circuit
General isolating valve, relief valve for low pressure, general
feeding solenoid valve, pressure gauge, and controlling vapor
valve. Three ways valve to select either fermentation, or sterilization.Vapor circuitry for the sterilization, three way valve. - Cold water circuit
- Vapor/ Water mixer.
Instrumentation
- Pt 100 Ω temperature probe.
- Pt 100 Ω temperature probe. double measurement.
- One O2 electrode (sterilizable in situ).
- One pH electrode (sterilizable in situ).
- One Bourdon pressure gauge and oil bath.
- Float flow meter PCV 2.
- Float flow meter Glass.
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