Extraction apparatus and extraction method for a fermentation medium
AssigneeMICO-Systems GmbH
InventorsGerhard Lung, Olaf Von Könemann, Georg Böhm
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Abstract
An extraction apparatus for a fermentation medium comprises an extraction chamber configured to receive a fermentation medium and comprising a lower portion and an upper portion above the lower portion, as well as a feed device configured to feed at least one gas and one liquid into the lower portion of the extraction chamber, as well as a discharge opening arranged in the upper portion of the extraction chamber and configured to drain a washout liquid, loaded with microorganisms, from the extraction chamber.
Claims17
An extraction apparatus for a fermentation medium, comprising:
- an extraction chamber configured to receive a fermentation medium and comprising a lower portion and an upper portion above the lower portion;
- a feed device configured to feed at least one gas and at least one liquid into the lower portion of the extraction chamber;
- a discharge opening arranged in the upper portion of the extraction chamber and configured to drain a washout liquid, the washout liquid being loaded with microorganisms, from the extraction chamber;
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- a fermentation tank having an inlet opening,
- wherein the extraction chamber is detachably seated on the fermentation tank, and
- wherein the discharge opening is fluidically couplable to the inlet opening of the fermentation tank.
An extraction apparatus for a fermentation medium, comprising:
- an extraction chamber configured to receive a fermentation medium and comprising a lower portion and an upper portion above the lower portion;
- a feed device configured to feed at least one gas and at least one liquid into the lower portion of the extraction chamber;
- a discharge opening arranged in the upper portion of the extraction chamber and configured to drain a washout liquid, the washout liquid being loaded with microorganisms, from the extraction chamber;
- a first screen element and a second screen element, the first and second screen elements disposed to bound the extraction chamber downwardly and upwardly,
- wherein the feed device is configured to feed the at least one gas and the at least one liquid through the first screen element into the extraction chamber, and
- wherein the second screen element is configured and arranged such that the washout liquid leaves the extraction chamber through the second screen element;
- and
- a filter element disposed upstream of the discharge opening in a direction of flow, wherein the filter element is configured to filter the washout liquid before the washout liquid is drained through the discharge opening,
- wherein the filter element is arranged between the first screen element and the second screen element.
A method for extracting a fermentation medium, comprising:
- providing a fermentation medium in an extraction chamber;
- feeding at least one gas and at least one liquid into a lower portion of the extraction chamber, using a feed device, to form a washout liquid, the washout liquid being loaded with microorganisms, from the fermentation medium;
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- draining the washout liquid from an upper portion of the extraction chamber, the upper portion being disposed above the lower portion,
- wherein the washout liquid is drained into a fermentation tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.