Study of drop and bubble sizes in a simulated mycelial fermentation broth of up to four phases.

Abstract:

:The mean sizes and size distributions of air bubbles and viscous castor oil drops were studied in a salt-rich aqueous solution (medium), first separately, and then simultaneously as a three-phase system. The dispersion was created in a 150-mm-diameter stirred tank equipped with a Rushton turbine, and the sizes were measured using an advanced video technique. Trichoderma harzianum biomass was added in some experiments to study the effect of a solid phase under unaerated and aerated conditions to give either three-or four-phase systems. In all cases, the different dispersed phases could be clearly seen. Such photoimages have never been obtained previously. For the three phases, air-oil-medium, aeration caused a drastic increase in Sauter mean drop diameter, which was greater than could be accounted for by the reduction in energy dissipation on aeration. Also, as in the unaerated case, larger drops were observed as the oil content increased. On the other hand, mean bubble sizes were significantly reduced with increasing oil phase up to 15% with bubbles inside many of the viscous drops. With the introduction of fungal biomass of increasing concentration (0.5 to 5 g L(-1)) under unaerated conditions, the Sauter mean drop diameter decreased. Finally, in the four-phase system (oil [10%]-medium-air-biomass) as found in many fermentations, all the phases (plus bubbles in drops) could clearly be seen and, as the biomass increased, a decrease in both the bubble and the drop mean diameters was found. The reduction in size of bubbles (and therefore increase in interfacial area) as the oil and bio- mass concentration increased provides a possible explanation as to why the addition of an oil phase has been reported to enhance oxygen transfer during many fermentations.

journal_name

Biotechnol Bioeng

authors

Galindo E,Pacek AW,Nienow AW

doi

10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(20000720)69:2<213::aid-bit

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-07-20 00:00:00

pages

213-21

issue

2

eissn

0006-3592

issn

1097-0290

pii

10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(20000720)69:2<213::AID-BIT

journal_volume

69

pub_type

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