Solid State Fermentation

Download or read book Solid-State Fermentation Bioreactors written by David A. Mitchell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-08-02 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise professional reference provides a fundamental framework for the design and operation of solid-state fermentation bioreactors, enabling researchers currently working at laboratory scale to scale up their processes. The authors survey bioreactor types in common use, and describe in depth how to plan a project, and model heat transfer phenomena. The book includes case studies, and a review of practical issues involved in bioreactor performance.