MEANS FOR THE OXYGEN/TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF AEROBIC FERMENTATIONS

Apparatus is described for simultaneously supplying the oxygen demands for microbial growth in a biological growth system and controlling the temperature of the system. The growth system contains a quantity of liquid medium for the growth of microorganisms and means are provided to sense the dissolv...

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Main Authors SHULL J,US, HERRICK C,US
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 31.12.1974
Subjects
APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
ENZYMOLOGY
METALLURGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
SPIRITS
TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:Apparatus is described for simultaneously supplying the oxygen demands for microbial growth in a biological growth system and controlling the temperature of the system. The growth system contains a quantity of liquid medium for the growth of microorganisms and means are provided to sense the dissolved oxygen content of the liquid medium and to sense the temperature thereof. Each of these parameters is used primarily to control the introduction of one of two different gases to the growth system (and thereupon to the liquid medium) thereby satisfying both the oxygen and the temperature demands of the microorganisms. In practice at least one of the incoming gas flows will be an oxygen-containing gas, e.g., air, and the other gas flow will be pressurized steam, pressurized oxygen, pressurized nitrogen, etc.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19720310862