Bioreactors Used in Continuous Cultivation

 

Traditional Bioreactor used in continuous cultivation:

CSTR (continuous stirred tank reactor) is the most popular bioreactor used for continuous cultivation.We will not elaborate it here. Some materials about heating and cooling, agitation, impellers, seal, baffles, antifoam and fermentor inspection are available on the web.
 
 

Stirred tank bioreactor. Pictures got from http://www.accessexcellence.org/LC/SS/ferm_graphics/reactor.html

Novel bioreactor used in continuous culture:
 

Bubble Column Reactors
Air-lift Bioreactor
Plug Flow Reactor (PRF)

Fluidized Bed Bioreactor

Packed Bed Bioreactor

Fibrous-Bed Bioreactor
Immobilized Cell Reactor

Termite Guts: World's Smallest Bioreactors
 
 

Last modify: 05/01/2000, by Xuezhen Kang