Disclosed is a bioprocess system (1) comprising a flow path (3; 3a, 3) comprising: a plurality of inlets (7); at least one bio-processing device inlet connection (9a) and at least one bioprocessing device outlet connection (9b); a plurality of outlets (11); and flow path parts (5a′, 5b′, 5c′, 5d′, 5e′) of at least some active components (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e) comprised in the bioprocess system; and active parts (5a″, 5b″, 5c″, 5d″, 5e″) of said active components (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e). The flow path (3; 3a, 3b) of the bioprocess system is positioned centrally within the bioprocess system (1) and in a vertical orientation, whereby the active parts (5a″, 5b″, 5c″, 5d″, 5e″) are positioned around the flow path (3; 3a, 3b) being accessible from outside the bioprocess system (1) and each in connection with a corresponding flow path part (5a′, 5b′, 5c′, 5d′, 5e′) of an active component (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e).

An organ container includes flexible films and a tube holder. The films hold an organ in contact with the surface of the organ. The tube holder holds tubes that extend between the organ in the films and an outside of the films. This makes it possible to hold and preserve the organ while allowing a liquid to be perfused through the organ via the tubes. It is also possible to reduce movements of the organ relative to the organ container and to reduce damage to the organ.

The invention provides a structured cell growth matrix or assembly comprising a one or more spacer layers and one or more cell immobilization layers. The invention further provides a bioreactor comprising said matrix or assembly.

The invention relates to a bioreactor (10, 10′, 100) adapted for rotation, the bioreactor comprising: a vessel (12) comprising: a first end (24) and a second end (26) which define a central axis (28) of the vessel (12) extending along a first direction, e.g. a length direction, of the vessel (12) from said first (24) to said second end (26), at least one wall (18, 18′, 20) running along the first direction of the vessel (12), at least one media conduit (22, 22′) defining a volume for receiving fresh or spent media; an inner chamber defined by at least a part of a space confined within said at least one wall (18, 18′, 20) and comprising a fresh media chamber (14) and a spent media chamber (16); a cell culture chamber (30) in fluid communication with said at least one media conduit (22, 22′) and said fresh (14) and/or spent media chamber (16); and a movable wall (38) configured, within said inner chamber, to separate said fresh media chamber (14) from said spent media chamber (16) within said inner chamber.

An apparatus is provided for the production of biomass or a bioproduct, the apparatus comprising: at least one elongate bioreactor, the bioreactor comprised of at least one outer membrane layer that defines a substantially tubular compartment that is capable of being filled with a liquid or gel, wherein the membrane layer is comprised of a material that is permeable to gas transfer across the membrane layer. A chamber is provided comprising walls that define and enclose a gaseous atmosphere within. At least a part of the bioreactor is located inside the chamber. A control system controls the composition of the atmosphere within the chamber and gas transfer occurs across the membrane layer of the bioreactor between the tubular compartment and the atmosphere comprised within the chamber. Methods of using the apparatus in order to manufacture biomass are also provided.

The invention relates to a facility (1) for treating solid organic waste comprising a tubular reactor (2) equipped with an inlet (3) for supplying products to be treated, an outlet (4) for discharging treated products, and a biogas discharge outlet (5), and a frame that supports the reactor (2). The reactor is configured to form an inclined reactor with a slope that descends from the supply inlet (3) toward the discharge outlet (4). The reactor (2) comprises a tubular body (6) and a liquid/solid separator (7) extending axially inside the body (6), the liquid/solid separator (7) comprises a pipe (8) defined by a perforated peripheral lateral wall (9), surrounded by the body (6) to house a space (10) for collecting liquid between the perforated peripheral lateral wall and the body, and the reactor (2) comprises an inlet orifice (11) that can communicate with the interior of the pipe (8) of the liquid/solid separator (7) and an outlet orifice (12) in fluid communication with the liquid collection space (10), and connected to the inlet orifice (11) by a forced fluid circulation circuit (13) arranged at least partially outside the body (6) of the reactor (2).

The microorganism preparation feeding method of the invention employs an automatic microorganism preparation feeding apparatus which includes a cold storage apparatus for refrigeration-storing a seed microorganism belonging to the aerobic microorganism group including at least one species of aerobic microorganisms capable of decomposing oil and fat contained in oil/fat-including wastewater and a growth tank for growing the seed microorganism so as to produce the microorganism preparation, wherein the seed microorganism belonging to the aerobic microorganism group is maintained in a live state by means of the cold storage apparatus, the seed microorganism is periodically grown by means of the growth tank so as to produce a predetermined microorganism preparation, and the produced predetermined microorganism preparation is fed to the oil/fat-including wastewater. The method includes refrigeration-storing, as the seed microorganism, a microorganism whose population density is 1×10.sup.7 CFU/mL to 5×10.sup.9 CFU/mL in the cold storage apparatus; growing, as a source material, the seed microorganism of a predetermined volume by means of the growth tank so as to produce the predetermined microorganism preparation whose volume is 50 to 500 times the predetermined volume of the seed microorganism and whose population density is 1×10.sup.7 CFU/mL to 2×10.sup.10 CFU/mL; and feeding the produced microorganism preparation to the oil/fat-including wastewater.

Disclosed herein is a microalgae incubator. The microalgae incubator is formed as a container in the form of a barrel having an open upper surface and a predetermined depth to accommodate water containing microalgae. The microalgae incubator has a regular polygonal cross section having an even number of vertices or a circular cross section. The microalgae incubator includes an air pipe configured such that an inner tube is located inside the microalgae incubator along a direction passing through a center of a cross section in a lower portion of a body of the microalgae incubator and both ends of the inner tube form connection holes in a surface of the body of the microalgae incubator.

Embodiments of the present invention provide an automatic micro algae culturing device and system for self-cleaning, continual automatic algae culturing and irradiant optimizing. The culturing device includes a photosynthesis tubular reactor for micro algae culturing, with transparent cleaning particles to scrape off any unwanted particles or components such as including and not limited to formation of biofilm. The tubular reactor has multiple double-walled glasses. Inner walls of the tubes in the tubular reactor may be coated with superhydrophobic coating to avoid bio film formation, or sticking of any hydro dirt or dust particles. Because the cleaning particles are transparent, they wont block any sunlight for photosynthesis in the tubular reactor.

The apparatuses described herein relate to preparation of a meat product. Apparatuses, systems comprising the apparatuses, and methods of making and use the systems and apparatuses are described herein. These are useful for controlling one or more of growth on and separation of a meat product from an enclosed substrate. The apparatuses and systems are configured to receive fluid and grow the meat product and/or separate the meat product from the substrate in a scalable manner.