METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY HYDRODYNAMIC SEPARATION OF HEAVY MATERIALS

    公开(公告)号:US20240342730A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18682315

    申请日:2022-06-28

    发明人: Hans KÜBLER

    摘要: Important variables which influence the efficiency of a hydrodynamic separation of dense materials using a hydrocyclone are the dynamic viscosity at the inflow of the hydrocyclone and the number of passes through the hydrocyclone. According to the invention, the method and the device allow a control of the viscosity in the hydrocyclone as well as the number of passes through the hydrocyclone when separating dense materials from a slurry in conjunction with an anaerobic fermentation of the constituents of the slurry which can be fermented. By fermenting the constituents of the slurry which can be fermented, the content of a fermentation reactor has a lower viscosity than the slurry being fed. The viscosity in the inflow of the hydrocyclone is set by means of a controlled return flow from a fermentation reactor, and the number of passes is set by a controlled return flow from the outflow of the hydrocyclone. The slurry is pumped into a return flow from the fermentation reactor. The viscosity in the inflow of the hydrocyclone is controlled by the throughput of the return pump on the basis of the content of solids of the slurry. The number of passes through the hydrocyclone is controlled via the ratio of the feed of the hydrocyclone to the feed of the fermentation reactor from which dense materials are removed. Because the process of diluting the slurry with the content of the fermentation reactor does not have an influence on the hydraulic dwell time in the fermentation reactor, the fermentation reactor can be designed for a smaller accumulation of slurry.

    Super Nozzle Injection Fermentor
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240309307A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18272643

    申请日:2022-02-03

    发明人: Ebbe Busch LARSEN

    IPC分类号: C12M1/00

    CPC分类号: C12M29/06 C12M29/18 C12M29/20

    摘要: A fermentor system for cultivation of microorganisms dependent on gas supply for growth includes an inlet pipe feeding growth medium and gas connected with one or more adjustable inlet pump members allowing a given velocity of growth medium and gas through the inlet pipe; a fermentor tank having a cylindrical volume, the fermentor tank including liquid media with a microorganism to be cultivated and a plurality of upper feeding nozzles that receive and distribute growth medium and gas from the inlet pipe into the fermentor tank; an inner cylindrical outlet pipe, extending from the bottom to the top of the fermentor tank, and being encircled by the plurality of upper feeding nozzles at the top of the fermentor tank; and a transport pipe transporting liquid media from the outlet pipe to a dewatering separator, thereby obtaining concentrated living microorganism material for further processing and liquid separated from concentrated living microorganism material.

    Methods and Systems for Optimizing Culture Conditions in a Culture Process

    公开(公告)号:US20240209306A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18287287

    申请日:2022-12-21

    摘要: Methods and systems for iteratively improving culture condition for at least one culture output in a culture process. The methods comprise: a) providing a continuous culture of cells in a bioreactor, wherein the cells are cultured under culture conditions that comprise a set of culture parameters. and wherein the culture of cells produces at least one culture output at a first measure: b) while maintaining the cells in continuous culture, iteratively testing different culture conditions by: (i) selecting a new culture condition comprising a new set of culture parameters predicted to improve the measure of the culture output: (ii) perturbing the cells with the new culture conditions: and (iii) determining a new measure of the culture output: wherein testing is iterated to produce a plurality of improvements in the measure of culture output. The iterative process can be performed by an automated artificial intelligence.

    CLUSTER AIRLIFT BIOREACTOR
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240174963A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18525422

    申请日:2023-11-30

    申请人: Ark Biotech Inc.

    IPC分类号: C12M1/00 C12M1/34

    摘要: A bioreactor includes one or more sensors, a plurality of spargers, a plurality of vertical circulation loops, and a controller coupled to the plurality of spargers and the one or more sensors. The controller is configured to determine that a reading associated with the bioreactor is not at a setpoint, adjust a sparging rate associated with at least one of the plurality of spargers responsive to gas sparging or a liquid additive being introduced to the bioreactor, wherein the sparging rate associated with the at least one of the plurality of spargers is adjusted from a first sparging rate to a second sparging rate, and in response to the reading associated with the bioreactor being consistent and at the setpoint, modify the sparging rate associated with the at least one of the plurality of spargers from the second sparging rate to the first sparging rate.