1. In a method for making a product by fermentation, the method including agitating a fermentation medium in a vessel, while introducing an oxygen-containing gas into the vessel, the vessel having a height, wherein the product becomes highly viscous as the fermentation proceeds,
the improvement wherein:
the oxygen-containing gas comprises substantially pure oxygen, and
the substantially pure oxygen is conveyed to a plurality of locations along the height of the vessel.
2. The improvement of claim 1, wherein the substantially pure oxygen is the only gas which is introduced into the vessel while fermentation proceeds.
3. The improvement of claim 1, wherein the substantially pure oxygen is conveyed to a plurality of locations at different vertical positions within the vessel.
4. The improvement of claim 1, wherein agitating is performed by at least one impeller, and wherein the oxygen is introduced in a vicinity of the impeller.
5. The improvement of claim 4, wherein the oxygen is introduced through injector holes which are selected to have a diameter in a range of about 0.0625-0.5 inches.
6. The improvement of claim 1, wherein the process is performed with a fermentation product which reaches a viscosity greater than about 100 cp.
7. The improvement of claim 6, wherein the process is performed with a fermentation product which reaches a viscosity in the area of about 20,000 cp.
8. The improvement of claim 6, wherein the fermentation medium is selected to contain Xanthomonas Campestris, and wherein the fermentation product is xanthan gum.
9. The improvement of claim 1, wherein the oxygen is produced outside the vessel and is directed in gaseous form into the vessel, and wherein the method is operated without removing all or part of the fermentation medium for oxygenation.
10. A fermentation process for use in making a fermentation product which becomes highly viscous, the process comprising:
a) providing a fermentation medium in a vessel, the fermentation medium having an initial viscosity which is approximately 1 cp,
b) agitating the fermentation medium, and
c) delivering substantially pure oxygen to multiple locations within the fermentation medium.
11. The process of claim 10, wherein the substantially pure oxygen is the only gas which is introduced into the vessel during operation of the fermentation process.
12. The process of claim 10, wherein the substantially pure oxygen is conveyed to a plurality of locations at different vertical positions within the vessel.
13. The process of claim 10, wherein the process is performed with a fermentation product which reaches a viscosity greater than about 100 cp.
14. The process of claim 13, wherein the process is performed with a fermentation product which reaches a viscosity in the area of about 20,000 cp.
15. The process of claim 13, wherein the fermentation medium is selected to contain Xanthomonas Campestris, and wherein the fermentation product is xanthan gum.
16. The process of claim 10, wherein the oxygen is produced outside the vessel and is directed in gaseous form into the vessel, and wherein the method is operated without removing all or part of the fermentation medium for oxygenation.
17. A fermentation system comprising:
a) a fermentation vessel,
b) a conduit connected to a source of substantially pure oxygen, the conduit extending into an interior of the vessel, and being in fluid communication with a plurality of injectors, the injectors being located at different vertical positions within the vessel.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the vessel includes at least one impeller, and wherein at least one of said injectors is positioned in a vicinity of the impeller.
19. The system of claim 17, wherein the injectors include perforated pipes disposed in a form of a toroid.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein perforations in the injectors have a diameter in a range of about 0.0625-0.5 inches.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for adding cooperative file coloring protocols in a data deduplication system using a processor device in a computing environment, comprising:
representing a preferred character for file coloring in a file using a code selected from a plurality of codes that represent a plurality of contexts, wherein an original meaning of the preferred character is retained when representing the preferred character for the file coloring by the code selected from the plurality of codes.
2. The method of claim 1, further including deduplicating the file upon locating the file accord to the file coloring.
3. The method of claim 1, further including embedding the file coloring of data chunks of the file in at least one of a plurality of data streams, wherein the file coloring includes at least one of a plurality of shapes, a plurality of colors for one of a plurality of servers, a plurality of file owners, and a plurality of applications.
4. The method of claim 1, further including performing one of:
classifying the file according to the file coloring, and
retaining the file coloring for the file throughout the life of the file.
5. The method of claim 1, further including identifying similarities between the data chunks of the file using the file coloring.
6. The method of claim 1, further including setting as the preferred character one of a most used character, a second most used character, and an nth most used character.
7. The method of claim 1, further including performing one of:
creating a class of related codes from the plurality of codes for file coloring, and
selecting an alternative code from the plurality of codes if the selected code from the plurality of codes is unavailable.
8. The method of claim 1, further including performing one of:
representing each instance of the preferred character in the file for the file coloring, wherein the cooperative file coloring protocols are established between backup applications and data deduplication systems, and
restoring the preferred character to the original meaning by removing the file coloring.
9. The method of claim 1, further including identifying data chunks of the file sent across a plurality of data streams by the file coloring.
10. The method of claim 1, further including performing one of:
tagging similarity elements generated from a deduplication operation and that are stored in a similarity search structure with the file coloring, and
using the file coloring as a tie breaker for the deduplication operation when input data arrives and the similarity search structure is searched for identifying the similarity elements that most similarly matches the input data.
11. A system for adding cooperative file coloring protocols in a data deduplication system of a computing environment, the system comprising:
the data deduplication system;
a repository in the data deduplication system;
a similarity search structure in association with the repository and the data deduplication system; and
at least one processor device operable in the computing environment for controlling the data deduplication system, wherein the at least one processor device:
represents a preferred character for file coloring in a file using a code selected from a plurality of codes that represent a plurality of contexts, wherein an original meaning of the preferred character is retained when representing the preferred character for the file coloring by the code selected from the plurality of codes.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor device deduplicates the file upon locating the file according to the file coloring.
13. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor device embeds the file coloring of data chunks of the file in at least one of a plurality of data streams, wherein the file coloring includes at least one of a plurality of shapes, a plurality of colors for one of a plurality of servers, a plurality of file owners, and a plurality of applications.
14. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor device performs one of:
classifying the file according to the file coloring, and
retaining the file coloring for the file throughout the life of the file.
15. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor device identifies similarities between the data chunks of the file using the file coloring.
16. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor device sets as the preferred character one of a most used character, a second most used character, and an nth most used character.
17. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor device performs one of:
creating a class of related codes from the plurality of codes for file coloring, and
selecting an alternative code from the plurality of codes if the selected code from the plurality of codes is unavailable.
18. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor device performs one of:
representing each instance of the preferred character in the file for the file coloring, wherein the cooperative file coloring protocols are established between backup applications and data deduplication systems, and
restoring the preferred character to the original meaning by removing the file coloring.
19. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor device identifies data chunks of the file sent across a plurality of data streams by the file coloring.
20. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor device performs one of:
tagging similarity elements generated from a deduplication operation and that are stored in the similarity search structure with the file coloring, and
using the file coloring as a tie breaker for the deduplication operation when input data arrives and the similarity search structure is searched for identifying the similarity elements that most similarly matches the input data.
21. A computer program product for adding cooperative file coloring protocols in a data deduplication using a processor device in a computing environment, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
a first executable portion that represents a preferred character for file coloring in a file using a code selected from a plurality of codes that represent a plurality of contexts, wherein an original meaning of the preferred character is retained when representing the preferred character for the file coloring by the code selected from the plurality of codes.
22. The computer program product of claim 21, further including a second executable portion that deduplicates the file upon locating the file according to the file coloring.
23. The computer program product of claim 21, further including a second executable portion that embeds the file coloring of data chunks of the file in at least one of a plurality of data streams, wherein the file coloring includes at least one of a plurality of shapes, a plurality of colors for one of a plurality of servers, a plurality of file owners, and a plurality of applications.
24. The computer program product of claim 21, further including a second executable portion that performs one of:
classifying the file according to the file coloring, and
retaining the file coloring for the file throughout the life of the file.
25. The computer program product of claim 21, further including a second executable portion that identifies similarities between the data chunks of the file using the file coloring.
26. The computer program product of claim 21, further including a second executable portion that sets as the preferred character one of a most used character, a second most used character, and an nth most used character.
27. The computer program product of claim 21, further including a second executable portion that performs one of:
creating a class of related codes from the plurality of codes for file coloring, and
selecting an alternative code from the plurality of codes if the selected code from the plurality of codes is unavailable.
28. The computer program product of claim 21, further including a second executable portion that performs one of:
representing each instance of the preferred character in the file for the file coloring, wherein the cooperative file coloring protocols are established between backup applications and data deduplication systems, and
restoring the preferred character to the original meaning by removing the file coloring.
29. The computer program product of claim 21, further including a second executable portion that identifies data chunks of the file sent across a plurality of data streams by the file coloring.
30. The computer program product of claim 21, further including a second executable portion that performs one of:
tagging similarity elements generated from a deduplication operation and that are stored in the similarity search structure with the file coloring, and
using the file coloring as a tie breaker for the deduplication operation when input data arrives and the similarity search structure is searched for identifying the similarity elements that most similarly matches the input data.