About the Book: Principles of Bioreactor Design
Chemical products such as enzymes, antibiotics, solvents, proteins, antibodies,
vaccines, hormones, interferons, etc. are in great demand as commercial
commodities. There is an emerging trend towards utilizing biochemical processes
for creating these products. These processes are characterized by their low
energy requirement, the specificity of the chemicals produced and their mild
environmental conditions.
All chemical and biochemical processes require a reaction vessel, a reactor,
along with other downstream processing equipment. The reactor is recognized as
the heart of any reaction process its efficiency determines the economic
feasibility of the process. Designing an efficient reactor requires the
knowledge of appropriate