Control of packed column fouling in the continuous fermentation and stripping of ethanol

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-39

  Taylor, Frank ^a   Kurantz, Michael J ^a   Goldberg, Neil ^a   Craig Jr , James C ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

flocculation; fuel ethanol; glucose conversion; yeast

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLS; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); FERMENTATION; FERMENTERS; FOULING; GLUCOSE; IN SITU PROCESSING; PILOT PLANTS; RECYCLING; STRIPPING (REMOVAL); YEAST;

COLUMN PACKING; CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION; GAS FLOW RATE; PACKED COLUMN FOULING; STRIPPING COLUMN;

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; FERMENTATION; FLOCCULATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; INSTRUMENTATION;

FUNGI;

EID: 0030570502     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960705)51:1<33::AID-BIT4>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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