APPARATUS FOR GROWING MYCELIAL FORMS OF MICROORGANISMS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC C12M1/06 C12N1/00 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus has a housing made of two parts. The lower part is a paraboloid of revolution of the type x²=2Py which is interfaced with the arched upper part of the housing. A guide apparatus is fitted in the upper part the working volume of the housing. A cover for feeding initial components is installed on the upper part of the housing and process pipes and end product outlet pipes are fitted on said cover. A mixer in form of an auger-type rotor with a drive is mounted inside the housing. The guide apparatus consists of diametrically oppositely lying guide blades. The latter are mounted at an angle of 15-20 degrees to the vertical plane and at an angle of 70-75 degrees to the horizontal plane, and guide plates are mounted inside to the working surface of the apparatus. The guide plates can change their profiling shape by bending on the length in the vertical plane.

EFFECT: high quality of the end product with minimum rotational speed of the rotor and high efficiency due to low electric power consumption per unit of the product.

1 tbl, 5 dwg