Efficient Helix-strike Separator

During certain aerobic fermentaion production, broth escapes from the reactor in the form of foam, droplets in off-gas, leading to broth loss and environment contamination. When H-S separators installed, escaped broth can be separated from the droplets and foam, then collected back to reactor to form a circulation, finally processed clean air goes out from the top (Fig.2).
In that case, fermentor capacity increases without increase of antifoam consumption. Since separation efficiency of a H-S separator is among 98%~99.99% with a good adaptation ability of volume rate fluctuations, aerosol can also be recycled, so it is highly suitable for off-gas treatment.

Although antifoam is still necessary for production, H-S separator is able to break foam. When there is no foam escaping in off-gas, there is no need to add antifoam. So the anti-foam consumption can be lowered by 1/5~1/2.

As for certain products with excessive foam and severe broth escaping, it has to lower the capacity to keep the broth at a low level. When installed with H-S separator, reactor capacity can be raised by 5%~15%, therefore, the production volume increases significantly, without increasing resource consumption or labor input.

Since no broth escaping, cell density in the off-gas precipitates by 4 orders of magnitude in comparison with no H-S separator installed case. Therefore, the production environment is improved, miscellaneous microbe in the air is under control, filter load is decreased, and there forms a virtuous circle to produce sustainable economic benefits.

H-S separator can be used as primary treatment device of fermentation off-gas disposal. it will reduce workload of downstream deodorization and sterilization process, and lower operational cost.