NDLI: Scale-down studies on the hydrodynamics of two-liquid phase biocatalytic reactors

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Author	Cull, S. Lovick, J. Lye, G. Angeli, P.
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	The maintenance of constant interfacial area per unit volume is a key parameter for the successful scale-up of two-liquid phase bioconversion processes. To date, however, there is little published information on the hydrodynamics of such systems and a suitable basis for scale-up has yet to be defined and verified. Here we report power input and hydrodynamic data for a whole-cell bioconversion process using resting cells of Rhodococcus R312 to catalyse the hydration of a poorly water-soluble substrate 1,3-dicyanobenzene (1,3-DCB). Experiments were performed in geometrically similar 3-L and 75-L reactors, each fitted with a three-stage Rushton turbine impeller system. The two-phase system used comprised of 20% v/v toluene dispersed in 0.1 M aqueous phosphate buffer containing up to 10 gww×L–1 of resuspended biocatalyst and 20 g×L–1 1,3-DCB. The power input to the 3-L reactor was first determined using an air-bearing technique for both single-phase and two-phase mixing. In both cases, the power number attained a constant value of 11 at Re>10,000, while the measured power inputs were in the range 0.15–3.25 kW×m–3. Drop size distributions and Sauter mean drop diameters (d 32) were subsequently measured on-line in both reactors, using an in-situ light-backscattering technique, for scale-up on the basis of either constant power input per unit volume or constant tip speed. At both scales d 32 decreased with increasing agitation rate, while the drop size distributions obtained were log-normal. All the measured d 32 values were in the range of 30–50 µm, with the lowest values being obtained in systems with biocatalyst present. In all cases, constant power input per unit volume was found to be the most suitable basis for scale-up. This gave virtually identical d 32 values and drop size distributions at both scales. A number of correlations were also identified that would allow reasonable prediction of d 32 values for various agitation rates at each scale. While the results obtained are for a particular phase system, the scale-down methodology presented here would allow the rapid evaluation of other bioconversion processes in the 3-L reactor with a 25-fold reduction in scale. In this way, potential problems that might be encountered at the larger scale, such as the carryover of antifoam from the fermentation stage, could be quickly and efficiently identified.
Starting Page	143
Ending Page	153
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16157591
Journal	Bioprocess Engineering
Volume Number	25
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	16157605
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2002-05-24
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Bioengineering Biotechnology

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