Development of an electro-spray bioreactor for crude oil processing

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 127-144

  Kaufman, Eric N ^a   Harkins, James B ^a   Rodriguez Jr , Miguel ^a   Tsouris, Costas ^a   Selvaraj, Punjai T ^a   Murphy, Susan E ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Energy BioSystems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Dibenzothiophene; Electrostatic spraying; Oil desulfurization; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; BIOCATALYST; BIODESULFURIZATION; BIOREACTOR; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; EMULSION PHASE CONTACTOR; MASS TRANSFER; OIL PROCESSING; PETROLEUM; SULFUR;

BIOCATALYSTS; BIOREACTORS; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDATION; PETROLEUM REFINING; PHASE INTERFACES;

BATCH STIRRED REACTORS (BSR); DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; EMULSION PHASE CONTACTOR (EPC);

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

BIOREACTOR; CRUDE OIL; SULFUR;

EID: 0031279011     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3820(97)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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