Oxygen mass transfer characteristics in a membrane-aerated biofilm reactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-192

  Casey, E ^a   Glennon, B ^a   Hamer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acetate; Biofilm bioreactor; Membrane aeration; Oxygen; Vibrio natriegens

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION;

MEMBRANE AERATED BIOFILM REACTOR; VIBRO NATRIEGENS;

BIOFILMS;

CARBON; OXYGEN; SILICONE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; VIBRIO;

ACETIC ACID; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; KINETICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO NATRIEGENS;

EID: 0033585451     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990120)62:2<183::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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