Foam reduction through stimng was studied in 20 L bioreactors with artificial media and with an actual biotransformation process. For a given stirrer configuration and within a certain range of the broth mass, the foam height was correlated with the broth mass, i.e. the distance between upper stirrer and dispersion surface, and with the superficial gas velocity. Increasing the stirrer speed often resulted in reducing the foam height. A mechanistic model was developed for the Stirring As Foam Disruption (SAFD) technique, relating the foam height to the horizontal liquid velocity near the dispersion surface. The model illustrates the general applicability of the SAFD technique and points to foam entrainment as the major mechanism for the foam disruption.On a etudie la reduction du moussage par I'agitation dans des bioreacteurs de 20 1 avec des milieux artificiels et avec un procede de biotransformation reel. Pour une configuration d'agitateur donnee et dans une certaine gamme de masse de bouillon de culture, la hauteur de mousse a ete correlee a la masse de bouillon, soit la distance entre I'agitateur superieur et la surface de dispersion, ainsi qu'a la vitesse de gaz superficielle. Augmenter la vitesse de l'agitateur conduit souvent a la reduction de la hauteur de mousse. Un modele mecanistique a ete mis au point pour la technique de desintkgration de mousse par agitation (SAFD); ce modele relie la hauteur de mousse a la vitesse liquide horizontale pres de la surface de dispersion. Le modele illustre I'applicabilite generale de la technique SAFD et suggere que I'entrainement de la mousse est le mecanisme essentiel de la desintegration de la mousse.
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