Integrated two-liquid phase bioconversion and product-recovery processes for the oxidation of alkanes: Process design and economic evaluation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-477

  Mathys, Renata G ^a,b   Schmid, Andrew ^a,c   Witholt, Bernard ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Rieter Group   (Switzerland)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Alkanols; Downstream processing; Process economics; Process modeling; Pseudomonas oleovorans; Two liquid phase biocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CELLS; EMULSIFICATION; FERMENTATION; FERMENTERS; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; PARAFFINS; PURIFICATION; SEPARATION;

ALKANOLS; AQUEOUS PHASE; BIOCATALYSIS; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; NON WATER SOLUBLE SUBSTRATES; OXIDIZE APOLAR; PROCESS ECONOMICS; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; TWO LIQUID PHASE BIOCATALYSIS;

BIOCONVERSION;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKANOL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS;

PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS;

EID: 0033587996     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990820)64:4<459::AID-BIT9>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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