1291990 九、發明說明： 【發明所屬之技術領域】 本發明係關於一種微生物培養裝置，特別是應用 ^ 光合培養微生物時，不僅可以節省設置培養裝置的成本大^生， 以精雄、控制微生物產品的一種微生物培養裝置。 5 【先前技術】 微生物培養麟在生物研奴及生物產红佔有極 =臟:微生物培養技術，例如光合菌培養、藍藻及綠藻 養殖等，这不僅可以培養具有產業價值的生物產品之外，還可以 同時減少二氧化碳污染。由於光合微生物培養需要細，目前應 用的培養裝置大致可分為兩大類··—狱職 密閉式培養。 货乃裡疋 糸料H式t養的培養I置’主要是侧—開放式的培養槽來培 有卿槽、水溝槽、表面傾斜槽或是 赤曰 粮疋具有一開放式開口’可以直接接收曰光 槽:本ΐ二階段的開放式培養槽可以以不同的材質製成， 置的iiuj積可叫受關，卿，職式培養的培養裝 ΐ，但其缺點為培養條件不易控制，大多應用於需要 養種^2、精密度低之微生物製品；而賴式光合培 以η人从“培養裝置來培養微生物’為了可以接收光線 製&仃仞二&用，其培養裝置之槽體本身需要以可以透光的材質 體積可得聰㈣培養方式有以下的優點：其單位培養 i的澡類細胞，使得回收時的體積和處理程序 1291990 減少，減少成本；此外，亦可以減少藻類培養時被污染的機會； 同時，其培養環境可維持穩定，不受天_影響，並可全年長期 培養不騎；當進行連續式培養時，較容易控制操作參數，以維 持高品質的細細胞；可以避免培養液中水份的喪失；此外，二 氧化被（C02)氣體可以得到較有效率地被藻類所利用。 但是，現今的密閉式培養裝置卻存在一些缺點，由於其培養 槽的材貝必須透明’其製作上較為困難，且基於考慮整個培養槽 之透光性的關係，會直接地限制了培養槽的體積，也使得密閉式 培養裝置不容易應用在大量生產。為了使密閉式培養裝置能應用 於較大規模生產，習知技藝的作法，大多數係將培養槽由長型的 玻璃管組成，若是需要大量生產時可以使用，就應用上述之長型 的玻璃管，使其長度加長，基於空間的考量，再將其長型的玻璃 管彎曲設置，以達到大量生產的目的；但是，這樣的設計普遍存 在佔用空間大、玻璃管長度太長不易維護的缺點，而且其擴充性 不高，如果需要大量培養時，則必須要很長或很多的玻璃管才得 辦到，這樣一來，體積過大的問題將會更加嚴重。 【發明内容】 本發明提供一種微生物培養裝置，用以改良習知技藝之微生 物培養裝置不易大量培養的缺點，利用一連通管將許多小型的培 養槽相互並聯起來，由於各培養槽内的液體物質可藉由連通管彼 此交換’而達到均質、條件均一的目的，而使得這些並聯的培養 槽效果等同於一個大型的培養槽而達到大量培養之目的，同時又 不需要負擔製作大型培養槽的成本。 1291990 根據上述構想，本發明提供一種微生物培養裝置，該裝置包 含：複數個培養槽，可裝填微生物製劑與微生物培養液；以及一 連通管，用以將複數個培養槽相互並聯，使複數個培養槽能彼此 連通。 根據上述構想，微生物培養裝置更包含一混合槽，係連接於 連通管’使複數個培養槽與混合槽能彼此連通。 根據上述構想，微生物培養裝置更包含一幫浦（Pump)，連接 於混合槽與複數個培養槽之間，以使複數個培養槽内之微生物製 劑與微生物培養液可以藉由幫浦在連通管内流動。 根據上述構想，其中連通管和每個複數個培養槽之間皆分別 設有一閥門（Valve);複數個閥門係分別配合幫浦進行作動，以控 制相對應之複數個發酵槽體内之微生物製劑與微生物培養液的流 動方向與其流動時間。 根據上述構想，其中閥門與幫浦係電連接至一控制裝置，由 控制裝置控制其作動。 根據上述構想，其中複數個培養槽更分別包含一水位偵測裝 置，分別電連接於控制裝置，用以偵測複數個培養槽後提供訊號 給控制裝置。 根據上述構想，其中複數個培養槽分別具有一透明外殼，可 使光線透入照射至複數個培養槽内。 根據上述構想，微生物培養裝置包含一光源，其所發出之光 線可透過透明外殼照射至複數個培養槽内。 根據上述構想，該光源為發光二極體（LED)。 1291990 根據上述麟，錢源連接一光源蝴裝置，用以控制光源 所發出之光線之強度與時間。 根據上述構想’其中該光源係分別套設於複數個培養槽之外 圍處。 根據上述構想，複數個培養槽係分別為桶狀。 根據上述構想’其中混合槽設有一進料孔。 根據上述構想’其中該裝置包含—空氣幫浦（Airpump)，連 接於混合槽，其中，混合槽係為一氣密型槽體。 【實施方式】 本發明之第一實施例請參照第一圖，由圖中所示，本發明之 微生物培養裝置1係包含有複數個培養槽〜1仍、一混合槽 12、一幫浦（Pump) 14、一連通管13以及複數個閥門（Valve) 130〜135專’其中複數個培養槽ιοί〜分別可以裝填微生物製 劑與微生物培養液；而連通管13係用以將複數個培養槽1〇1〜1〇5 相互並聯，使複數個培養槽之間的微生物製劑與微生物 培養液等液體能彼此連通；混合槽12係連接於連通管13之一端， 使複數個培養槽101〜105可以藉由連通管13與混合槽12能彼此 連通；而幫浦14則是連接於混合槽12與複數個培養槽ιοί〜1〇5 之間，以使複數個培養槽101〜105内之微生物製劑與微生物培養 液可以藉由幫浦14在連通管13内流動；複數個閥門130〜135則 是分別設於連通管13和每個複數個培養槽1〇1〜1〇5之間，可以 控制培養槽内之微生物製劑與微生物培養液等液體進出培養槽的 流量。 1291990 本發明如上所狀微生物培養裝置丨，其作_理是將微生物 製劑與微生物培養液分別注入複數個培養槽101〜1〇5中，利用複 數個培養槽101〜105來作為微生物發酵用槽體，較佳者，複數個 培養槽101〜105分別具有透明外殼（圖中未顯示），用以使光線 可以透入，並照射至複數個培養槽1〇1〜1〇5内，使微生物可以順 利培養，其中，上述之光線可以是利用外界自然的日光，或是於 複數個培養槽101〜105外設置光源（圖中未顯示），該光源例如 是發光二極體（LED)光源等，這可以配合微生物發酵培養的程 序所需要的光源種類而定，此外，可於每一個培養槽〜1〇5上 刀別彡又置一光源，且可以將光源套設於培養槽的透明外殼上，若 疋僅设置一個光源，用以照射每一個培養槽的透明外殼亦可，這 可以視設計者而定，本發明不侷限於此；此外，本發明之微生物 培養裝置1亦可以包含一光源控制裝置（圖中未顯示），可用以控 制光源所發出之光線之強度與時間，這同樣可以視設計者而定， 本發明之範圍並不侷限於此。 再者，本發明提供一連通管13，可以連通複數個培養槽1〇1 〜105與混合槽12,其中藉由一幫浦14,可以使複數個培養槽1〇1 〜105中的微生物製劑與微生物培養液等液體於連通管13中流 動，同時配合閥門130〜135依序開啟與關閉，可以使複數個培養 槽101〜105中的微生物製劑與微生物培養液等液體流至混合槽 12中加以混合，再透過連通管13將微生物製劑與微生物培養液等 混合液體流回複數個培養槽101〜105中，以便進行培養發酵的程 序；例如其作動步驟可以設計為同時開啟閥門丨30以及閥門131 1291990 後，啟動幫浦14，將培養槽1〇1中的微生物製劑與微生物培養液 的一特定量抽取至混合槽12中，同時關閉閥門13〇以及閥門131， 藉由混合槽12加以充分混合後，再度開啟閥門13〇以及閥門131， 再啟動幫浦14，藉由幫浦14將混合槽12中之微生物製劑與微生 物培養液的混合液體抽取至培養槽1〇1中，再進行培養發酵程序， 這樣的作動方式，可以使培養槽1〇1中的微生物製劑與微生物培 養液獲得充分混合，達到精確控制其微生物製品的目的，若有需 要，混合槽12上可以增設一進料孔12〇，用以於混合槽12在混合 時，可以依據使用者的需求，加入特定的物質，例如：培養液等； 此外，上述之作動步驟，亦可以設計成同時或是順序開啟複數個 培養槽101〜105，其抽取用以混合的液體量亦可以依據使用者的 需求而設定，亦可以由某一個培養槽抽取混合後，抽送至另一個 培養槽等，其方式可以完全依照使用者的需求而定，本發明並不 侷限於此；基本上，本發明之實施例提供上述之微生物培養裝置 1，主要是利用一連通管13將多數個培養槽1〇1〜1〇5中的微生物 製劑與微生物培養液充分混合，而得到精確控制的微生物產品， 此外，更藉由多數個培養槽1〇1〜1〇5可以無限擴充，輕易達到大 置生產的目的，同時亦無需要增加設置大型培養制大量成本， 所以本發明極具有產業上應用的價值。 依據上述之構想，本發明之微生物培養裝置丨亦可以包含一 控制裝置16，其中，上述之閥門130〜135、幫浦14以及混合槽 1=接可以電連接於該控制裝置16，上述元件之作動順序與時間， 白以控制裝置16綠控制，控制裝置16便可峨計成依據使用 1291990 門130〜135、幫浦14與混合槽12等，達到自 水二=一步’複數個培養槽101〜105中分別設置有- 〜175 ’ _連胁_置16，提供給控制 _1G1〜1G5中的水錄況，可以作為 二 135、幫浦14以及混合槽12的作_參考之用； ^，控制裝置16可以提供給予使用者選擇設定的功能面版（圖 :未顯示）’令使用者可以變化多種的作動方式，來達成使用者培 養不同微生物時的需求。 本發明之第二實細請參照第二騎示，由圖巾所示之微生 物培養裝置丨之_與作動方式，基本上與上述第—實施例所述 相同，不同處在於本實施例中不需要幫浦14，而改為提供一空氣 幫浦I5連接於混合槽I2上，而混合槽係為一氣密型槽體，空氣 幫浦15可以提供給混合槽12 一特定的壓力，配合闕門13〇〜135 的作動，亦可以達到抽送特定培養槽之微生物製劑與微生物培養 液的目的，以進一步達到混合特定之微生物製劑與微生物培養液 的功效，其作動原理與方式大致與第一實施例所述相同，在此不 再贅述。 上述之實施例並不侷限於光合微生物之培養，若是應用在一 般非光合微生物培養，亦可以達到大量生產時，降低成本以及具 有彈性使用的特性，所以本發明之範圍並不侷限於應用於光合微 生物上，在此一併提出說明。 以上所述僅為本發明之較佳實施例而已，此實施例僅係用來 說明而非用以限定本發明之申請專利範圍，本發明之範疇係由以 -11- 1291990 下之申請專利範圍所界定。凡依本發明申請專利範圍所作之岣等 變化與修飾，皆應屬本發明之涵蓋範圍。 【圖式簡單說明】 第一圖為本發明第一實施例之微生物培養裝置之功能方塊示意 圖。 第二圖為本發明第二實施例之微生物培養裝置之功能方塊示意 圖。 【主要元件符號說明】 1 微生物培養裝置 101〜105培養槽 12 混合槽 13 連通管 130〜135閥門 14幫浦 15空氣幫浦 16 控制裝置 171〜175水位偵測裝置 -12-1291990 IX. Description of the Invention: [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a microbial culture device, particularly when applying photosynthetic culture microorganisms, not only can save the cost of setting up the culture device, but also control the microbial products. a microbial culture device. 5 [Prior Art] Microbial culture in the biological research and biological production of red possession of the extreme = dirty: microbial culture techniques, such as photosynthetic bacteria culture, cyanobacteria and green algae farming, which can not only cultivate biological products with industrial value, It can also reduce carbon dioxide pollution at the same time. Since photosynthetic microbial culture needs to be fine, the currently used culture devices can be roughly divided into two categories: prison-in-closed culture. The product is in the form of H-type t-culture I set 'mainly side-open culture tank to cultivate clear trough, water trough, surface inclined trough or red glutinous grain with an open opening' Directly receiving the twilight trough: The open culture trough of the second stage of the Bengbu can be made of different materials. The iiuj product can be called the culture of the Guan, Qing, and the professional culture, but the shortcoming is that the culture conditions are not easy to control. Mostly used in microbial products that require maintenance and low precision; and Lai-style photosynthetic culture uses η people to culture microorganisms from "culture equipment" in order to receive light system & 仃仞2 & The tank body itself needs to be able to transmit light in a material volume. The Cong (4) culture method has the following advantages: the bath cells of the unit culture i can reduce the volume and the processing procedure 1291990 at the time of recycling, and reduce the cost; Reduce the chance of contamination during algae cultivation; at the same time, its culture environment can be maintained stable, not affected by the sky, and can be cultured for a long time in the whole year; when continuous culture is carried out, it is easier to control the operating parameters, Holding high-quality fine cells; can avoid the loss of water in the culture solution; in addition, the dioxide (C02) gas can be used more efficiently by algae. However, today's closed culture devices have some shortcomings. Since the material of the culture tank must be transparent, it is difficult to manufacture, and based on the relationship of the light transmittance of the entire culture tank, the volume of the culture tank is directly limited, and the closed culture apparatus is not easily applied to a large amount. In order to make the closed culture device applicable to large-scale production, most of the conventional techniques are to make the culture tank consist of a long glass tube. If it is required to be used in mass production, the above-mentioned long type is applied. The glass tube is lengthened, and based on the space considerations, the long glass tube is bent to achieve mass production; however, such a design generally has a large occupied space, and the length of the glass tube is too long to be maintained. The shortcomings, but its expansion is not high, if you need a lot of cultivation, you must have a long or a lot of glass tubes to get In view of the above, the problem of excessive volume will be more serious. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a microbial culture device for improving the disadvantages of the microbial culture device of the prior art which is not easy to be cultured in large quantities, and utilizes a connecting tube to The small culture tanks are connected in parallel with each other, and the liquid substances in the culture tanks can be exchanged by the communication tubes to achieve homogenization and uniformity, so that the effects of the parallel culture tanks are equivalent to one large culture tank. The purpose of mass culture, at the same time, does not need to bear the cost of making a large culture tank. 1291990 According to the above concept, the present invention provides a microorganism culture apparatus comprising: a plurality of culture tanks, which can be filled with a microbial preparation and a microbial culture solution; The tube is configured to connect a plurality of culture tanks in parallel with each other to enable a plurality of culture tanks to communicate with each other. According to the above concept, the microorganism culture apparatus further comprises a mixing tank connected to the communication tube to enable the plurality of culture tanks and the mixing tank to Connected to each other. According to the above concept, the microbial culture device further comprises a pump connected between the mixing tank and the plurality of culture tanks, so that the microbial preparation and the microbial culture solution in the plurality of culture tanks can be connected in the communication tube by the pump. flow. According to the above concept, a valve is respectively disposed between the communication tube and each of the plurality of culture tanks; and the plurality of valves are respectively operated together with the pump to control the microbial preparation in the corresponding plurality of fermentation tanks. The flow direction with the microbial culture fluid and its flow time. According to the above concept, wherein the valve and the pump are electrically connected to a control device, the control device controls its actuation. According to the above concept, the plurality of culture tanks respectively comprise a water level detecting device electrically connected to the control device for detecting a plurality of culture tanks to provide signals to the control device. According to the above concept, each of the plurality of culture tanks has a transparent outer casing for allowing light to penetrate into a plurality of culture tanks. According to the above concept, the microorganism culture apparatus comprises a light source, and the light emitted therefrom can be irradiated into the plurality of culture tanks through the transparent casing. According to the above concept, the light source is a light emitting diode (LED). 1291990 According to the above-mentioned lining, the money source is connected to a light source butterfly device for controlling the intensity and time of the light emitted by the light source. According to the above concept, the light source is sleeved outside the plurality of culture tanks. According to the above concept, the plurality of culture tanks are respectively barrel-shaped. According to the above concept, the mixing tank is provided with a feed hole. According to the above concept, wherein the apparatus comprises an air pump, it is connected to the mixing tank, wherein the mixing tank is a gas-tight tank. [Embodiment] The first embodiment of the present invention is referred to the first figure. As shown in the figure, the microorganism culture apparatus 1 of the present invention comprises a plurality of culture tanks~1 still, a mixing tank 12, and a pump ( Pump) 14, a connecting tube 13 and a plurality of valves (Valve) 130~135 special 'in which a plurality of culture tanks ιοί~ can be filled with microbial preparations and microbial culture liquid respectively; and the connecting tube 13 is used for a plurality of culture tanks 1 〇1~1〇5 are connected in parallel so that the microorganisms between the plurality of culture tanks and the liquid such as the microorganism culture solution can communicate with each other; the mixing tank 12 is connected to one end of the communication tube 13, so that the plurality of culture tanks 101 to 105 can be The communication tube 13 and the mixing tank 12 can communicate with each other; and the pump 14 is connected between the mixing tank 12 and the plurality of culture tanks ιοί~1〇5 to make the microbial preparations in the plurality of culture tanks 101 to 105. The microbial culture solution can be flowed in the communication tube 13 by the pump 14; the plurality of valves 130 to 135 are respectively disposed between the communication tube 13 and each of the plurality of culture tanks 1〇1 to 1〇5, which can be controlled Microbial culture in the culture tank Microbial culture solution or the like with a liquid flow out of the culture tank. 1291990 The microorganism culture apparatus according to the present invention is a method of injecting a microbial preparation and a microbial culture solution into a plurality of culture tanks 101 to 1 to 5, and using a plurality of culture tanks 101 to 105 as a microbial fermentation tank. Preferably, the plurality of culture tanks 101 to 105 respectively have a transparent outer casing (not shown) for allowing light to penetrate and irradiating into the plurality of culture tanks 1〇1 to 1〇5 to cause microorganisms. It can be cultured smoothly, wherein the light can be natural sunlight or a light source (not shown) outside the plurality of culture tanks 101 to 105, such as a light-emitting diode (LED) light source. This can be determined by the type of light source required for the microbial fermentation culture process. In addition, a light source can be placed on each of the culture tanks, and the light source can be placed in the transparent casing of the culture tank. In the above, if only one light source is provided to illuminate the transparent outer casing of each culture tank, this may be determined by the designer, and the present invention is not limited thereto; The culture device 1 can also comprise a light source control means (not shown), the light intensity vs. time can be used to control the light emitted, which depends on the designer can be given the same, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Furthermore, the present invention provides a communication tube 13 which can connect a plurality of culture tanks 1〇1 to 105 and a mixing tank 12, wherein a microbial preparation in a plurality of culture tanks 1〇1 to 105 can be made by a pump 14. The liquid such as the microorganism culture solution flows in the communication tube 13 and the valves 130 to 135 are sequentially opened and closed to allow the microorganisms in the plurality of culture tanks 101 to 105 to flow into the mixing tank 12 such as the microorganism culture solution. After mixing, the mixed liquid stream such as the microbial preparation and the microbial culture solution is returned to the plurality of culture tanks 101 to 105 through the communication tube 13 to carry out a culture fermentation process; for example, the operation step can be designed to simultaneously open the valve 丨30 and the valve. After 131 1291990, the pump 14 is started, and a specific amount of the microbial preparation and the microbial culture solution in the culture tank 1〇1 is extracted into the mixing tank 12, and the valve 13〇 and the valve 131 are closed, and the mixing tank 12 is sufficiently After mixing, the valve 13A and the valve 131 are opened again, and the pump 14 is started, and the mixture of the microorganism preparation in the mixing tank 12 and the microorganism culture liquid is pumped by the pump 14. The body is drawn into the culture tank 1〇1, and then the culture fermentation process is carried out. In this way, the microbial preparation in the culture tank 1〇1 can be thoroughly mixed with the microbial culture solution to achieve the purpose of precisely controlling the microbial products. If necessary, a mixing hole 12 可以 can be added to the mixing tank 12 for adding a specific substance, such as a culture solution, etc., according to the user's needs when the mixing tank 12 is mixed; It can also be designed to simultaneously or sequentially open a plurality of culture tanks 101-105. The amount of liquid extracted for mixing can also be set according to the needs of the user, or can be extracted by one culture tank and then pumped to another. A culture tank or the like may be completely in accordance with the needs of the user, and the present invention is not limited thereto; basically, the embodiment of the present invention provides the above-described microorganism culture apparatus 1, mainly using a communication tube 13 to majority The microbial preparation in the culture tanks 1〇1~1〇5 is thoroughly mixed with the microbial culture liquid to obtain a precisely controlled microbial product, More by a plurality of culture vessels 1〇1~1〇5 unlimited expansion, easy to achieve a large set of production, while increasing the need to set up large-scale cultivation nor made a lot of costs, the present invention extremely valuable industrial applications. According to the above concept, the microorganism culture apparatus of the present invention may further comprise a control device 16, wherein the valves 130 to 135, the pump 14 and the mixing tank 1 are electrically connected to the control device 16, and the components are The order and time of the operation are controlled by the control device 16 green, and the control device 16 can calculate the number of the culture tanks 101 according to the use of the 1291990 gates 130 to 135, the pump 14 and the mixing tank 12, etc. ~105 is set to - 175 ' _ 连 _ _ 16, provided to the water record in the control _1G1 ~ 1G5, can be used as a reference for the two 135, the pump 14 and the mixing tank 12; ^ The control device 16 can provide a function panel (picture: not shown) for the user to select a setting to enable the user to change a variety of actuation modes to achieve the user's needs for cultivating different microorganisms. For the second embodiment of the present invention, please refer to the second riding instructions. The method and operation mode of the microorganism culture apparatus shown by the towel are basically the same as those described in the above-mentioned first embodiment, and the difference lies in the present embodiment. The pump 14 is required, and instead an air pump I5 is connected to the mixing tank I2, and the mixing tank is a gas-tight tank, and the air pump 15 can supply the mixing tank 12 with a specific pressure, with the trick The operation of 13〇~135 can also achieve the purpose of pumping the microbial preparation and the microbial culture solution of the specific culture tank to further achieve the effect of mixing the specific microbial preparation and the microbial culture liquid, and the principle and manner of operation are substantially the same as the first embodiment. The same is true, and details are not described herein again. The above embodiments are not limited to the cultivation of photosynthetic microorganisms, and if they are applied to general non-photosynthetic microorganism culture, the mass production can be achieved, the cost is reduced, and the characteristics of elasticity are used. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not limited to application to photosynthesis. Microorganisms are presented here together. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to limit the scope of the application of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is defined by the scope of the patent application -11-1291990 Defined. Variations and modifications made by the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims are intended to be within the scope of the invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The first figure is a functional block diagram of a microorganism culture apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a microorganism culture apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. [Main component symbol description] 1 Microbial culture device 101~105 culture tank 12 Mixing tank 13 Connecting tube 130~135 valve 14 pump 15 air pump 16 Control device 171~175 water level detecting device -12-