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Industrial fermenters - Design and fabrication

Authors: Maurice NONUS, Patrice COGNART, Françoise KERGOAT, Jean-Michel LEBEAULT

Publication date: May 10, 2008, Review date: July 1, 2015

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2. Fermentation. Terminology. Definitions

2.1 Fermentation presentation

To harness the potential of the living world, technologies and associated equipment have continued to evolve over the years.

Although the term fermentation is a misnomer, as it refers to anaerobic respiration according to Pasteur, it is, by extension, used by the industrial world to designate the unitary operation that enables cell cultures and bioconversion reactions to be carried out, whether aerobic or anaerobic.

Fermentation is one stage in an industrial process; it forms part of a set of unitary operations that lead to the valorization of biomass and/or its components and/or the valorization of bioconversion products.

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