a) Laboratory rotating reactor

Brand and model: Deutsch & Neumann

Capacity: 4 liters of total volume

Description: Rotating reactor, equipped with electric heaters, pressure gauge, thermometer and sampler.

b) Laboratory vitrified reactor

Brand and model: Pfaudler, Typ M 24 – 115/G

Capacity: 4 liters of total volume

Description: Vitrified reactor of 40 bar, equipped with a vapor heating jacket (max. 16 bar), pressure gauge, thermometer and sampler.

c) Pilot vitrified reactor I

Brand and model: De Dietrich

Capacity: 1.180 liters of total volume

Description: Pressurized vitrified reactor (max. 6 bar), equipped with a vapor heating jacket (max. 6 bar), agitation (motor 3 kW), pressure gauge and thermometer.

d) Reactor vitrificado piloto II

Brand and model: Pfaudler

Capacity: 189 L of total volume

Description: Pressurized vitrified reactor (max. 6 bar), equipped with a vapor heating jacket (max. 6 bar), mechanical agitation, pressure gauge and thermometer.

e) Pilot stainless steel reactor

Brand and model: Seibold

Capacity: 3.000 L of total volume

Description: Pressurized (max. 6 bar) stainless steel reactor (DIN 1.4571), equipped with a vapor heating jacket (max. 6 bar), Scuba agitator (motor 4 kW), pressure gauge and thermometer.

f) Multipurpose glass reactor

Brand and model: Shott & Gen Mainz, Jena Glas

Capacity: 50 and 20 liters

Description: It consists of 2 reactors with mechanical agitation of 20 L and 50 L and heating cloaks. It also has two glass balls, each with 20 L capacity.

g) Bioreactor

Brand and model: UDT- owned and manufactured

Capacity: 00 liters of useful volume

Description: The bioreactor was designed for the production of lactic acid from sugars. It is made of stainless steel and its main technical characteristics are:

  1. Work volume: 20 – 100 liters
  2. Variable-frequency drive motor
  3. Toughened glass side peephole

It also has temperature, pH, foam, pre-inoculation (inoculum incubation), strain preservation and strain manipulation (biosafety hood, heater), control systems and a culture medium preparation system (magnetic and mechanical agitator).