APPARATUS FOR THE SEPARATION OF PRODUCTS FROM A PRODUCT-SUBSTRATE MIXTURE

摘要

1. Apparatus for the separation of products from a product-substrate mixture of a bioreactor, using a pervaporation diaphragm through which the product to be separated is extracted, characterized in that ahead of said pervaporation diaphragme (5) a porous diaphragme (4) is disposed which cooperates with said pervaporation diaphragm (5) to form a cavity (8) through which the substrate passes, and which is so designed that it retains micro-organisms and/or proteins but allows the product, and not the components of the nutrient solution permeating through said pervaporation diaphragm (5), to enter said cavity (8).