Global Patent Index - EP 4182425 A1

EP 4182425 A1 20230524 - FERMENTATION PROCESS AND BIOREACTOR FOR CARRYING OUT ANAEROBIC, AEROBIC AND MICRO-AIR AVID FERMENTATION PROCESSES, COMPRISING A SPILLWAY-TYPE AIRLIFT SYSTEM

Title (en)

FERMENTATION PROCESS AND BIOREACTOR FOR CARRYING OUT ANAEROBIC, AEROBIC AND MICRO-AIR AVID FERMENTATION PROCESSES, COMPRISING A SPILLWAY-TYPE AIRLIFT SYSTEM

Title (de)

FERMENTATIONSVERFAHREN UND BIOREAKTOR ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG VON ANAEROBEN, AEROBEN UND MIKRO-AEROPHILEN FERMENTATIONEN UMFASSEND EINEN AIRLIFT-SCHACHTÜBERFALL

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ DE FERMENTATION ET BIORÉACTEUR POUR LA MISE EN OEUVRE DE PROCÉDÉS DE FERMENTATION ANAÉROBIE, AÉROBIE ET MICRO-AIR, COMPRENANT UN SYSTÈME D'AÉRATION DE TYPE DÉVERSOIR

Publication

EP 4182425 A1 20230524 (DE)

Application

EP 21734788 A 20210617

Priority

  • DE 102020118668 A 20200715
  • EP 2021066340 W 20210617

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022012843A1] The invention relates to a process and a bioreactor for carrying out the process, comprising a sparger device that is in the form of a spillway-type airlift system. The bioreactor is suitable for anaerobic, aerobic and micro-air avid fermentation processes. The aeration device is preferably self-priming and allows recycling of gas by recirculation, the required gas supply being decoupled from the sparging intensity and the energy input, and the bioreactor is therefore suitable for use with gaseous substrates.

IPC 8 full level

C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C02F 3/12 (2023.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B01F 23/23231 (2022.01); B01F 25/54 (2022.01); C02F 3/223 (2013.01); C12M 29/00 (2013.01); C12M 29/08 (2013.01); C02F 2203/006 (2013.01); C02F 2209/02 (2013.01); C02F 2209/04 (2013.01); C02F 2209/06 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01); Y02W 10/10 (2015.05)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2022012843A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102020118668 A1 20220120; EP 4182425 A1 20230524; WO 2022012843 A1 20220120

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102020118668 A 20200715; EP 2021066340 W 20210617; EP 21734788 A 20210617