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A Novel Membrane Stirrer System Enables Foam-Free Biosurfactant Production

Bongartz, Patrick ; Karmainski, Tobias ; Meyer, Moritz ; Linkhorst, John ; Tiso, Till ; Blank, Lars M. ; Wessling, Matthias (2023)
A Novel Membrane Stirrer System Enables Foam-Free Biosurfactant Production.
In: Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 120 (5)
doi: 10.1002/bit.28334
Artikel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Bioreactors are the operative backbone, for example, for the production of biopharmaceuticals, biomaterials in tissue engineering, and sustainable substitutes for chemicals. Still, the Achilles' heel of bioreactors nowadays is the aeration which is based on intense stirring and gas sparging, yielding inherent drawbacks such as shear stress, foaming, and sterility concerns. We present the synergistic combination of simulations and experiments toward a membrane stirrer for the efficient bubble-free aeration of bioreactors. A digital twin of the bioreactor with an integrated membrane-module stirrer (MemStir) was developed with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies addressing the determination of fluid mixing, shear rates, and local oxygen concentration. Usability of the MemStir is shown in a foam-free recombinant production process of biosurfactants (rhamnolipids) from glucose with different strains of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 in a 3-L vessel and benchmarked against a regular aerated process. The MemStir delivered a maximal oxygen transfer rate (OTRmax) of 175 mmol L-1 h-1 in completely foam-free cultivations. With a high space-time yield (STY) of 118 mgRL L-1 h-1 during a fed-batch fermentation, the effectiveness of the novel MemStir is demonstrated. Simulations show the generic value of the MemStir beyond biosurfactant production, for example, for animal cell cultivation.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2023
Autor(en): Bongartz, Patrick ; Karmainski, Tobias ; Meyer, Moritz ; Linkhorst, John ; Tiso, Till ; Blank, Lars M. ; Wessling, Matthias
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: A Novel Membrane Stirrer System Enables Foam-Free Biosurfactant Production
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2023
Verlag: Wiley
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 120
(Heft-)Nummer: 5
DOI: 10.1002/bit.28334
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Bioreactors are the operative backbone, for example, for the production of biopharmaceuticals, biomaterials in tissue engineering, and sustainable substitutes for chemicals. Still, the Achilles' heel of bioreactors nowadays is the aeration which is based on intense stirring and gas sparging, yielding inherent drawbacks such as shear stress, foaming, and sterility concerns. We present the synergistic combination of simulations and experiments toward a membrane stirrer for the efficient bubble-free aeration of bioreactors. A digital twin of the bioreactor with an integrated membrane-module stirrer (MemStir) was developed with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies addressing the determination of fluid mixing, shear rates, and local oxygen concentration. Usability of the MemStir is shown in a foam-free recombinant production process of biosurfactants (rhamnolipids) from glucose with different strains of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 in a 3-L vessel and benchmarked against a regular aerated process. The MemStir delivered a maximal oxygen transfer rate (OTRmax) of 175 mmol L-1 h-1 in completely foam-free cultivations. With a high space-time yield (STY) of 118 mgRL L-1 h-1 during a fed-batch fermentation, the effectiveness of the novel MemStir is demonstrated. Simulations show the generic value of the MemStir beyond biosurfactant production, for example, for animal cell cultivation.

Freie Schlagworte: antifoam, bubble-free, membrane, membrane aeration, Pseudomonas putida, rhamnolipid, stirrer
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 16 Fachbereich Maschinenbau
16 Fachbereich Maschinenbau > Fachgebiet Verfahrenstechnik elektrochemischer Systeme (VES)
Hinterlegungsdatum: 13 Sep 2023 11:13
Letzte Änderung: 13 Sep 2023 11:13
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