Facility Capabilities
Fermentation
- Fermentors – Ranging from 10 m3 up to 270 m3
- Various Seed Fermentors and Nutrient Feed Vessels
- Cooling - Chilled Water (jackets and/or coils)
- Agitation - Rushton Turbine
- Sterile Feed Addition Systems
- Exhaust Gas Scrubbers
- Off Gas Analysis by Mass Spectroscopy
- Seed Fermentors equipped with Automated Control
- Automated pH Control
- Real Time Run Data via Internet
- GLSP Capable
Recovery
- Filtration (>300 m2)
- Ultrafiltration (Capacity – 900 m2)
- Spiral Wound Membranes
- Solvent Processing & Extraction
- Whole Mash Microfiltration
- Evaporation
- Centrifugation
- Granulation
- Spray Drying
Laboratory Support
- Modern, 7,500 ft2 Lab Facility
- Gas Chromatography
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography Systems
- Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy
- Automatic Absorption Spectroscopy
- Various Wet Chemistry Analyses
- Microbiological Testing
- Microbial Purity Testing
- Pure-Culture Inoculum Preparation (Class 1000 Clean Room)
- 14 m3 Pilot Fermenters
Warehousing Capabilities
- 60,000 ft2 Warehouse
- 4,200 ft2 Cold Room Storage
- 7,000 ft2 Frozen Storage
- Rail Handling for Bulk Liquids
- Extensive Stock of Typical Fermentation & Recovery Raw Materials
