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Comparative Evaluation of Modified Bioreactors for Enhancement of Growth and Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis Using Panax ginseng Hairy Roots

  • Jeong, Gwi-Taek;Park, Don-Hee
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.528-534
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    • 2005
  • Hairy root cultures have demonstrated great promise in terms of their biosynthetic capability toward the production of secondary metabolites, but continue to constitute a major challenge with regard to large-scale cultures. In order to assess the possibility of conducting mass production of biomass, and the extraction of useful metabolites from Panax ginseng. P. ginseng hairy roots, transformed by Rhizobium rhizogenes KCTC 2744, were used in bioreactors of different types and sizes. The most effective mass production of hairy roots was achieved in several differently Sized air bubble bioreactors compared to all other bioreactor types. Hairy root growth was enhanced by aeration, and the production increased with increasing aeration rate in a 1 L bioreactor culture. It was determined that the hairy root growth rate could be substantially enhanced by increases in the aeration rate upto 0.5vvm, but at aeration rates above 0.5vvm, only slight promotions in growth rates were observed. In 20 L air bubble bioreactors, with a variety of inoculum sizes, the hairy roots exhibited the most robust growth rates with an inoculum size of 0.1% (w/v), within the range 0.1 to 0.7% (w/v). The specific growth rates of the hairy root decreased with increases in the inoculum size.

Biodegradation of Toluene using Biofilms in a Bubble Column Bioreactor

  • Choi, Yong-Bok;Lee, Jang-Young;Kim, Hak-Sung
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.41-47
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    • 1995
  • Biodegradation of toluene in liquid effluent stream was carried out using biofilms of Pseudomonas putida formed on celite particles in the bubble column bioreactor. Silicon rubber tubing was installed at the bottom of the bioreactor and liquid toluene was circulated within the tubing. Toluene diffused out of the tube wall and was transferred into the culture broth where degradation by biofilms occurred. The operating variables affecting the formation of biofihns on celite particles were investigated in the bubble column bioreactor, and it was found that formation of bifilm is favored by high dilution rate and supply rate of carbon source which stimulate the growth of initially attached cells. Continuous biodegradation of toluene using biofilms was stablely conducted in the bioreactor for more than one month without any significant fluctuation, showing a removal efficiency higher than 95% at the toluene transfer rate of 1.2 g/L/h.

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ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF MODE INTERACTIONS IN SHOCK-INDUCED INTERFACIAL INSTABILITY

  • Sohn, Sung-Ik
    • Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.155-172
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    • 2000
  • Mode interactions at Unstable fluid interfaces induced by a shock wave (Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability) are studied both analytically and numerically. The analytical approach is based on a potential flow model with source singularities in incompressible fluids of infinite density ratio. The potential flow model shows that a single bubble has a decaying growth rates at late time and an asymptotic constant radius. Bubble interactions, bubbles of different radii propagates with different velocities and the leading bubbles grow in size at the expense of their neighboring bubbles, are predicted by the potential flow model. This phenomenon is validated by full numerical simulations of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in compressible fluids for initial multi-frequency perturbations on the unstable interface.

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Effect of fermentor type on biopolymer production with Cordyceps militaris

  • Kim, Kyoung-Ju;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Park, Yang-Ho;Kwun, Kyu-Hyuk;Lee, Jung-Heon
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.249-251
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    • 2003
  • The effects of fermentor types on biopolymer production with Cordyceps militaris has been studied in this articles. Since the shear stresses of stirred tank ferementor and bubble column fermentor were different, the mycelium growth and biopolymer production were different. The mycerial growth was high with the bubble column fermentor for the early stage but biopolymer production was lower than that with stirred tank fermentor. The production of biopolymer was closely related to shear stress to the cells and biopolymer production was increased with increased shear stress.

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Direct Numerical Simulation of the Nucleate Pool Boiling Using the Multiphase Lattice Boltzmann Method : Preliminary Study (다상 격자 볼츠만 방법을 이용한 수조 핵비등 직접 수치 모사: 예비 연구)

  • Ryu, Seung-Yeob;Ko, Sung-Ho
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.45-53
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    • 2011
  • Multiphase lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) has been used to simulate the nucleate pool boiling directly. For the phase change model, the thermal model and the Stefan boundary condition were introduced to the isothermal LBM. The phase change model was validated by the bubble growth in a superheated liquid under no gravity. The bubble growth on and departure from a superheated wall has been simulated successfully. The preliminary results showed that the detail process of nucleate pool boiling was in good agreement with the experimental results.

Bubble Growth Analysis in Ultrasonic Foaming using Reaction Injection Molding (반응사출 성형을 이용한 초음파 발포시 기포성장해석)

  • 김찬중
    • The Korean Journal of Rheology
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.237-249
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    • 1995
  • 폴리우레탄 미세포 포움의 가공에 대한 연구를 수행하였으며 기체 과포화 수지 내 의 핵생성율을 증진시키기 위하여 폴리올과 이소시아네이트의 혼합물에 초음파 가진을 적용 하였다. 미세포 구조는 고압에서 질소 가스로 폴리올을 과포화ㅣ키고 폴리우레탄의 두 성분 을 충돌혼합시킨 직후 초음파에 의해 기포를 생성시켜 이루어진다. 낮은 포화 압력에서 질 소에 의해 포화된수지의 핵생성율을 증가시키기위하여 초음파 가진을 적용하였다. 확산에 의해 기포의 성장이 조절된다고 가정하고 금형이 충전되는 동안에 금형 내부에서의 기포성 장기구를 이해하기 위하여 수치적인 방법으로 이론적 연구를 수행하였다. 경화 시간과 확산 경계를 고려하여 최종적인 기포의 크기를 계산하였으며 반응속도론을 고려하여 중합반응 동 안의 폴리우레탄의 점도의 변화를 예측하고 경화 시간을 결정하였다. 이론적 및 실험적으로 결정된 기포의 수를 기준으로 하여 확산 경계를 예측하였다.

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Studies on the Chemical Control of Mycogone perniciosa Magn in Cultivation of Mushroom Agaricus bisporus(Lang) Sing (양송이 마이코곤병(病)의 방제약제(防除藥劑)에 관한 연구(硏究))

  • Jhune, Chang-Sung;Kim, Gwang-Po;Cha, Dong-Yeul
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.85-87
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    • 1991
  • Prochloraz of fungicide was applied on Mycogone perniciosa causing wet bubble in cultivated mushroom, Agaricus bisporus. In vitro, Prochloraz was an excellent fungicide on two strains of Mycogone, tolerant and non-tolerant to Benomyl, respectively. At the low dosage, Prochloraz more inhibited mycelial growth of mushrooms than Benomyl. At the higher dosage, Benomyl more inhibited the mycelial growth than prochloraz. The higher yield of sporophore of the mushroom with low inferction rate was abtained from several trial of Prochloraz. Prochloroz was concluded to be effective fungicide on Mycogone perniciosa on Agaricus cultivation.

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Study on Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation Reaction by Iridium Oxide and Its Bubble Overpotential Effect (산화 이리듐의 물의 산화반응에 대한 버블 과전압 현상과 촉매 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Jeong Joong;Choi, Yong Soo;Kwon, Seong Jung
    • Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.70-73
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    • 2013
  • Iridium oxide is well known as an electrocatalyst for the water oxidation. Recently, Dr. Bard's group observed the electrocatalytic behavior of individual nanoparticle of Iridium oxide using the electrochemical amplification method by detecting the single nanoparticle collisions at the ultramicroelectrode (UME). However, the electrocatalytic current is decayed as a function of time. In this study, we investigated that the reason of electrocatalytic current decay of water oxidation at Iridium oxide nanoparticles. We identified it is due to the bubble overpotential because the cyclic current decay and recovery were synchronized to the oxygen bubble growth and coming away from an Iridium disk electrode.

Cavitation Inception in Oil Hydraulic Pipeline (유압관로에서의 캐비테이션 초생)

  • Jung, Yong-Gil
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.17-17
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    • 1987
  • The Cavitation inception in oil hydraulic pipeline was investigated experimentally and numerically. In the experiment, negative pressures below -1 MPa (absolute pressure) were measured, associated with the transient flows in oil hydraulic pipeline. These experimental results show that the common hydraulic oil in the experimental pipeline withstands large tensions. The growth of a spherical bubble in a infinite volume of viscous compressible fluid due to a stepwise pressure drop was investigated to obtain the critical bubble radius. The calculated value of the critical bubble radius corresponding to the negative pressure measured in the experiment is so small that the premised condition about the bubble shape in the analysis is unsatisfactory. The physical significance of this calculated result implies the fact that there hardly exist free bubbles which can act as cavitation nuclei in the experimental pipeline.

Comparison of Growth Characteristics of Tricholoma matsutake Mycelium Among the Types of Air Bubble Bioreactor (공기부양식 생물반응기의 형태별 송이균사의 생장특성 비교)

  • Lee, Wi-Young;Ahn, Jin-Kwon;Ka, Kang-Hyeon;Kwon, Young-Jin
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.89-93
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    • 2003
  • In order to select suitable bioreactor type inhibiting cell stress during submerged culture of Tricholoma matsutake mycelium, the growth characteristics and ergosterol contents were investigated using the external-loop type of air-lift bioreactor (ETAB), balloon type of air bubble bioreactor (BTBB) and column type of air bubble bioreactor (CTBB). Dry weights of the T. matsutake in the BTBB, ETAB and CTBB were 12 g, 11.4 g, and 9.5 g per 1 litter, respectively. BTBB, ETAB and CTBB reached stagnant phases 16, 20, and 24 days after cultivation, respectively, The BTBB was more suitable for liquid culture of T. matsutake mycelium compared to other bioreactors owing to much mycelia product and short culture period. The ergosterol contents produced by the mycelium in the bioreactors were in sequence of BTBB, CTBB, and ETAB at every growth phase. BTBB might affect the mycelium on producing the smallest size of pellets. BTBB and CTBB got the mycelium precipitated and coagulated under operation of bioreactor sparser, whereas ETAB shown no effect of above phenomenon. A renovated bioreactor combined between a balloon shape of BTBB and an external-loop of ETAB was developed to enhance the efficiency of culture technique.