Advances in Bioreactor Structure Innovation and Related Studies
新型生物反应器结构研究进展

Bioreactor is a key equipment in bioengineering. The bioprocessing efficiency using bioreactors is significantly affected by the reactor configuration. It is apparent that research on the bioreactor structure is one of key issues in bioengineering. Along with industrialization of penicillin mechanically stirred bioreactor was developed, after that large quantity of bioreactors was invented for the sake of the development of mammal and plant cell cultivation ,epiphyte cultivation and algae cultivation. Among these bioreactors mechanical stirred bioreactors and airlift bioreactors are very popular. This article reviews recent trends of studies on mechanically stirred bioreactors and air-lift ones. Our focus is on the summarization and analysis of 11 kinds of novel bioreactors developed around the world.