Patent ID: 9181519
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: C12M

Abstract:
1. A bioreactor ( 1 ) comprising a plurality of chambers ( 10 , 20 ), each of the plurality of chambers comprising a chamber wall ( 11 , 12 , 15 , 21 , 22 ) and being provided for receiving biomass, each of the plurality of chambers further comprising a chamber inlet ( 13 , 17 ) for supplying the material to be treated to the chamber ( 10 , 20 ) and a chamber outlet ( 14 , 18 ) for discharging treated material from the chamber ( 10 , 20 ), the plurality of chambers ( 10 , 20 ) being made of a material that comprises at least one flexible film of a plastic material, wherein: the bioreactor comprises a housing with a surrounding housing wall which forms a closed volume in which the plurality of chambers are ( the plurality of chambers ( a space ( a chamber pressure prevails in each of the plurality of chambers ( at least part of the plurality of chambers ( the housing wall is made of a flexible plastic material, the housing has a housing inlet ( the bioreactor a reactor pressure is maintained which is higher than an external pressure outside the bioreactor, in such a way that the bioreactor is self-supporting.