MICROORGANISM REACTION VESSEL PROVIDED WITH THICKENING MECHANISM AND MICROORGANISM REACTION METHOD

摘要

PURPOSE:To reduce the size over the entire device by attaching a centrifugal thickening device to the inside of a reaction vessel in which microorganism reaction is effected and subjecting a liquid mixture contg. microorganisms in the vessel to a solid-liquid sepn. CONSTITUTION:The centrifugal thickening device 2 is attached to the inside of the reaction vessel 1 in which the microorganism reaction is effected. The liquid mixture 3 contg. the microorganism in the vessel is admitted into a rotor 4 of the centrifugal thickening device 2 and the rotor is rotationally driven to generate centrifugal force, by which the liquid mixture is subjected to the solid-liquid sepn. The liquid mixture thickened by the solid-liquid sepn. is returned in the slit 5 provided to the outside peripheral part of the rotor 4 into the vessel from the rotor inside. The separated liquid from the liquid mixture by the solid-liquid sepn. is discharged to the outside of the vessel from the rotor inside in a discharge pipe. As a result, the need for providing the installation for the solid-liquid sepn. to a point separate from the reaction vessel is eliminated, and the entire device is made compact. The floor area for installation and the required volume are thus reduced.