When developing an industrial fermentation process, the choice of the production organism dictates much of the large-scale fermentation characteristics in addition to the nature of research and development and process development. Well characterized strains with…
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Biogas
Biogas is a gas mixture developed from naturally occurring processes in nature. Basically, bacteria that exist in our world digest organic material, and the by-product of their digestion is biogas. Biogas is a mixture mainly…
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Advanced Fermentation Agitation with Methanotrophs and Other Organisms
By Gregory T. Benz, Lee Enterprises Consulting Introduction Advanced fermentation processes, both aerobic and anaerobic, have been successful on an industrial scale for quite a long time, producing a wide variety of products. In most of…
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Fermentation Expert
Introduction Fermentation experts play a pivotal role across a variety of industries, assisting with the metabolic transformation of organic compounds, such as carbohydrates, to produce a wide array of products, including foods and beverages, biofuels,…
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Optimum Aspect Ratio for a Fermenter
What is the optimum aspect ratio (or height/diameter ratio) is for a fermenter? The best answer is “it depends”. There is simply no universal optimum. The best design is worked on a case-by-case basis. We…
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