Process and apparatus for performing a gas-sparged reaction
US7201884B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F35/532
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An improved process, such as a microbiological or enzymatic process, and apparatus, such as an apparatus for producing a cellular product, comprising introducing a gaseous feed stream of at least one gas of low solubility into an aqueous medium containing a microorganism capable of converting said gaseous feed stream to a cellular product, entraining the gas in the aqueous medium, stirring the gas-entrained aqueous medium so that the gas is retained within the reactor for a time sufficient for the microorganism to convert the majority of the gas to product.
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