The invention relates to a pressurized hot water
sterilization process and equipment pipeline configuration of a continuous sterilization
system for aerobic microbe
fermentation culture mediums or fed-batch materials. The process comprises the following steps that: 1) a pressurized water sterilization tank is fully filled with water, g air in the tank is exhausted, water in the tank is connected with a
heat exchanger A through a continuous sterilization pump and the water is heated; 2) hot water returns back to the pressurized water sterilization tank along a culture medium or fed-batch material inlet pipeline through a maintaining tank before the hot water enters a
fermentation tank or a fed-batch tank, and after the designated liquid level is reached, inlet water and outlet water enter a closed circulation mode, the water is continuously and cyclically heated, the temperature of the water in the tank is continuously increased and non-condensable gas is continuously exhausted; and 3) when the temperature of the water reaches 100 DEG C, an
exhaust valve is closed and corresponding
internal pressure of the water sterilization tank is increased with the increase of the temperature of the water, and when the temperature of the water reaches 125-130 DEG C, the inlet water and the outlet water of the
system enter a pressurized closed circulation mode and then water sterilization of the
system is conducted immediately. The pressurized hot water
sterilization process and the equipment pipeline configuration of the continuous sterilization system for aerobic microbe
fermentation culture mediums or fed-batch materials have the advantages that the pressurized sterilizing
water production process is stable, continuous and reliable, the safety of the continuous sterilization system for
culture mediums or fed-batch materials in the fermentation
engineering is improved, the heat loss of the pressurized sterilizing water is fewer and the
energy consumption is reduced.