Masters Theses

Abstract

"The purpose or this investigation was to design and construct a suitable apparatus for the aerobic culture or microorganisms to be used for preliminary batch studies and eventually, continuous fermentations.

The general design of the apparatus was patterned after small scale equipment described in the literature. Construction or the apparatus was carried out in the shop of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. All of the necessary machining was done by the author.

The aeration-agitation system was evaluated by the use or the sulfite oxidation rate determination. The oxygen transfer rate provided by the apparatus was round to be satisfactory for aerobic fermentations.

The apparatus was evaluated using the microorganism Torulopsis utilis. Kinetic constants for the growth or the organism were determined which -were applicable to the fermentation conditions used in the investigation.

The apparatus maintained sterility throughout all of the fermentations conducted"--Abstract p. ii

Advisor(s)

Donald J. Siehr

Committee Member(s)

Sotirios G. Grigoropoulos
Frank H. Conrad
Charles A. Johnson

Department(s)

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Chemical Engineering

Publisher

Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Publication Date

1963

Pagination

ix, 111 pages

Note about bibliography

includes bibliographical references (pages 103-108)

Rights

© 1963 Robert Murray Logan, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 1481

Print OCLC #

5950795

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