Bio-reactor for enhancing the biomass yield of plant organs

US6589780B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH · IN

Inventors

• Suchitra Banerjee · Lucknow, IN
• Arun Kumar Kukreja · Lucknow, IN
• Praveen Chandra Verma · Lucknow, IN
• Atul Prakash Kahol · Lucknow, IN
• Sushil Kumar · Lucknow, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2000
• Grant date: Jul 8, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12M29/06
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A bio-reactor for enhancing the biomass yield using a closed sterile vessel having a medium, said reactor comprising a central shaft, a support matrix oriented horizontally and dividing the vessel into an upper and a lower chamber, a means for stirring selected from turbine-2,4,6-impeller; marine blade impeller; helical blade impeller; mounted onto the central shaft and located at a predetermined distance from the support matrix so as to generate both radially and axially directed volumetric flow of the media; and at least two semi-circular spargers located both in the upper and lower compartments of the vessel at a predetermined distance from the support matrix.