Comparative characteristic of bioreactors used for citric acid biosynthesis in industrial scale

• Authors: Wladyslaw Lesniak , Jerzy Pietkiewicz , Waldemar Podgorski
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The mixing and mass transfer have been investigated in industrial bioreactors of capacity 10,30,50 and 150 m cu.meter. used for citric acid fermentation.Hydrodynamic parameters were examined on water using mineral acid as a trace. Volumetric <mass transfer coefficient> (kLa) was determined by balance method. It was found that the examined <bioreactors> have similar <hydrodynamic parameters> lespite their different capacities. The differences were found in maximum values of kLa which coresponded to the citric acid yield and productivity.

Keywords

EN

BIOREACTOR; CITRIC ACID; MASS TRANSFER

Discipline

• BIOTECHNOLOGY: BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee of Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Biotechnologia
• Year: 1993
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 48-55

Contributors

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Wladyslaw Lesniak

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Jerzy Pietkiewicz

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Waldemar Podgorski

• Document Type: article
• Publication order reference: W.Lesniak