40 L bioreactor with a 30-litre working volume

Equipment

/// Features:
- 40 L bioreactor with a 30-litre working volume
- Tanks enabling the addition of liquid (base, acid, antifoam, substrate feed)
- Possibility to use batch, fed-batch, and continuous processing
- Tank pressurization up to 5 bar, unique in Quebec
- Automated control system
- Scale-up of bioprocesses

/// Exemples d’application:
- Scale-up of aerobic and anaerobic fermentation bioprocesses
- Scale-up of heterotrophic algae production processes
- Study of the improvement of the rate of oxygen transfer by pressurization
- Technical and economic studies for the purpose of analyzing bioprocess cost-effectiveness
- Metal nanoparticle production by microorganism