Fermentation apparatus
Abstract
Abstract A FERMENTAION TOWER SUITABLE FOR CARRYING OUT CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION PROCESSES THEREIN WHEN POSITIONED WITH ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL WHICH COMPRISES AN ELONGATE TOWER PROVIDED WITH INLET MEANS FOR INTRODUCING FERMENTABLE LIQUID NEAR ONE END OF THE TOWER AND OUTLET MEANS FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF PRODUCTS OF FERMENTATION NEAR THE OTHER END OF THE TOWER, AND DIVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF EACH COMPARTMENT BEING CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET END OF EACH COMPARTMENT BEING CONNECTED TO THE INLET END OF THE COMPARTMENT ADJACENT IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW THROUGH A PARTITION MEMBER FIXED WITHIN THE TOWER IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE TOWER ADAPTED TO ALLOW BUT RESTRICT GAS FLOW THROUGH THE TOWER IN THE DIRECTION FROM INLET MEANS TO OUTLET MEANS, EACH OF SAID PARTITION MEMBERS BEING PARTIALLY OCCLUDED BY A BAFFLE PLATE FITTED ON THE INLET SIDE IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE TOWER. THE INVENTION ALSO RESIDES IN THE CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF FERMANTATION RESULTING IN INCREASED RATES OF OUTPUT OF FERMENTATION PRODUCTS FOR A GIVEN VOLUME OF FERMENTER.
Inventors
- 👤 R Wright
- 👤 R Petchell
- 👤 M Lumb
- 👤 P Edward
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