REACTOR FOR PERFORMANCE OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES UNDER CONDITIONS OF ZERO GRAVITY Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC C12M1/04 C12M1/06 A01G33/00 

FIELD: engines and pumps.

SUBSTANCE: reactor for performance of biotechnological processes under conditions of zero gravity includes body and connected unit for gas supply and exhaust, unit for supply and drain of microorganisms suspension and device for aeration of microorganism cells. Reactor body is arranged in the form of hollow cylinder. Device for aeration of microorganism cells in reactor is arranged in the form of piston with stem, in body of which through holes are evenly arranged. Piston with stem is installed in cylindrical body with the possibility of reciprocal displacement from one end of body to the other end. Drive of piston displacement is installed outside body and connected to its stem brought through one of body end walls. Unit of microorganism suspension supply and drain and unit for supply and exhaust of gas are installed outside body and connected to it from the side of its end walls. At that all or part of body side wall is arranged as transparent.

EFFECT: simplification of unit design, lower number of movable parts on external side of device and increased mass exchange characteristics in process of microorganism cultivation.

2 cl, 2 dwg