700-litre bioreactors (500-litre capacity for bioprocess scale-up and a pressure range of up to 5 bar, unique in Quebec)

Equipment

/// Features:
- A 700-litre bioreactor with a 500-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

/// Examples of applications:
- 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 microorganisms