Objective The research aims at development of a new fermentor concept. In 1985 one of our collaborators patented a pumped tubular loop reactor: HIPERLOOP. This reactor proved to be able to overcome the main limiting factor of aerobic industrial fermentors: oxygen transfer due to improper mixing. Especially for viscous media where oxygen transfer is very low, HIPERLOOP is expected to increase the volumetric productivity and thereby reduce energy use and cost price considerably.Disadvantage at that time was the impossibility to recycle cells from the reactor in a cost effective way. Our research aims to integrate the two technologies and will take advantage of new developments in cell-recycle systems to complete the concept. The technology will be used to develop three types of processes: Lysine, Citric acid and Biopolymer fermentation. For these processes a significant cost reduction (20-50%) will be realised. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationbioreactorssocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivityengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybioprocessing technologiesfermentation Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal SME1999/1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator TOURNOIS DYNAMIC INNOVATIONS BV EU contribution No data Address AgroBusiness Park 40 WAGENINGEN Netherlands See on map Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AGRO-FERM A/S Denmark EU contribution No data Address Industrivej 12 OELGOD See on map Total cost No data
