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Packed bed bioreactor

  • US 4,833,083 A
  • Filed: 05/26/1987
  • Issued: 05/23/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A radial-flow bioreactor comprising:

  • a vessel having at least one removable end section having a reaction medium inlet therein, said removable end section including a protruding section provided with a cut-away section extending around a periphery thereof,a plurality of spaced porous members located within said vessel,a bed of support material located within said vessel and intermediate said spaced porous members,a distribution means located in said removable end section and having a centrally located opening in fluid communication with said inlet and said cut-away section of said removable end section for directing reaction medium substantially uniformly radially outwardly and about an outer surface of a first of said plurality of porous members on a side opposite said bed of support material, andan outlet collection means for collecting at least spent reaction medium and discharging such from said vessel being partially located on a side of a second of said plurality of porous members opposite said bed of support material,whereby reaction medium passing through said inlet and said distribution means passes uniformly in a substantially radial inward direction through said first of said porous members, substantially radially inward through said bed of support material, and substantially inward through said second of said porous members into said inlet collection means.

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