摘要 |
A biochemical reactor (10) includes a substrate compartment (12), a formation compartment (14) and a product compartment (16) connected in series with semipermeable membranes (32) between the substrate and formation compartment and between the formation and product compartment. Supply lines (36,44,46,47,60) connected to each of the compartments permits supply and circulation of a solution to all compartments. The substrate compartment further includes an influent (36) and effluent (38) line for admitting and discharging substrate solution. The substrate lines are perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the plane of the membrane separating the substrate compartment from the formation compartment, so that a vortex can be formed in the substrate compartment to avoid fouling the membrane with solute. A magnetically coupled mixer (50) is connected to the formation compartment for mixing the contents thereof which includes a microbe or enzyme for converting the substrate into a product. |