Studies on oxygen mass transfer in stirred bioreactors 2: Suspensions of bacteria, yeasts and fungis

Abstract

The aim of these experiments is to study the oxygen mass transfer rate by means of the mass transfer coefficient, for a stirred bioreactor and different fermentation broths, using a large domain of operating variables. For quantifying the effects of the considered factors (concentration and morphology of the biomass, specific power input, superficial air velocity surface aeration) on k\a, the experiments were carried out for non-respirating biomass suspensions of Propionibacterium shermanii Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Penicillium chrysogenum, mycelial aggregates (pellets) and free mycelia morphological structures.