title: Solid state fermentation reactors: from lab scale to pilot plant.
abstract: Relatively many workers in the world are studying different aspects in SSF processes but few are working on reactor design and scale-up. From about 10 years, we are developing reactors from lab scale to pilot plant, based on the same technology, reactor design and flowsheet to allow fermentation with a deep layer (up to 1 m in the pilot plant). These reactors have all a forced aeration and the possibility or not to agitate. Regulations of temperature and water content of the culture are monitored by a special device.
authors.affiliation: Plate-forme de Prédéveloppement en Biotechnologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Dijon, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Renaud
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Almanza
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maratray
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desgranges