摘要 |
<p>A process for separating gas bubbles from an aqueous medium in which they are entrained and to an apparatus therefor. In the process the aqueous medium is continuously circulated round a system comprising a riser and a downcomer, connected at their lower ends, and a vessel connecting the upper ends of the riser and the downcomer and in which gas is disengaged from the aqueous medium using a separator (1) which comprises a plurality of spaced plates (4A, 4B, 4C) stacked one above another. The invention has particular utility in fermenters for the production of single cell protein.</p> |