Laboratory fermentor with feed air humidification.

摘要

A small fermentor system having a system for making up evaporation losses associated therewith. The system includes a steam feed for admixing steam with the aeration feed to the fermentor to supersaturate the air feed with moisture. Subsequently, the super-saturated air is passed through means for equalizing its temperature with that of the fermentor to condense out excess moisture. A feed conduit then passes the moisture containing air to the fermentation vessel. The invention also comprises a method for making up evaporation losses.