Sparger System

This sparger system reduces the time and effort needed to replace porous metal sparger elements in bioreactor and fermenter tanks. Its design allows a new tip to be installed at the end of the assembly after each batch is complete. Once installed, the sparger tip is ready for steam-in-place operation. It is removable for cleaning by a variety of methods, including ultrasonic cleaning or detergent and water flush. Changing to clean sparger tips after each batch provides an excellent method of maintaining GMP process validation while reducing the time and cost between batches. Using a porous metal sparger greatly increases mass-transfer rates in bioreactors and fermenters — the introduction of gases into stirred or unstirred reactor vessels via millions of tiny bubbles increases the gas-to-liquid contact areas, allowing for optimal mass-transfer rates. In-tank applications can be batch or continuous flow, with or without agitation.