Distillation: apparatus – Apparatus – Systems
Patent
1992-11-23
1995-12-19
Bascomb, Jr., Wilbur
Distillation: apparatus
Apparatus
Systems
202264, 95242, 96176, 96177, 203 20, 210188, 210608, 435812, 4352861, 4352865, 4353011, C12M 121
Patent
active
054765730
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for defoaming aerobic fermentation cultures is provided, where the amount of liquid culture medium used is greater than that in conventional aerobic cultures (70% or more of the total capacity of the culture tank) without lowering the productivity of the intended, desired product. In the present apparatus and method, a device for separating vapor from liquid of a foam is in fluid communication with the fermentation tank, a device for condensing residual liquid of the vapor received from the separating device is in fluid communication with the separating device, and a sensor for detecting foams is provided in a location along the fluid communication pathway. In the defoaming apparatus, an optional defoaming device is provided, which may be based on either a rotary body rotating at a high speed by use of an electric motor which beats the foams, or on a centrifugal atomizer. The defoaming device may be provided between the vapor-liquid separating device and the condensing device.
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Hirose Toshiki
Kawashima Hiroki
Nakamura Takashi
Nakayama Tatsuya
Shimazaki Koji
Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
Bascomb, Jr. Wilbur
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