Comparison of anaerobic acrylic acid biotransformation in single-and two-stage pH-stat completely stirred tank reactor systems

Water Environment Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 84-89

  Demirer, Göksel N ^a,b   Speece, Richard E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acrylic acid; Anaerobic biotransformation; pH stat completely stirred tank reactor; Staging

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH;

ACETATE; ACRYLATE CONCENTRATIONS; ACRYLIC ACID; ANAEROBIC ACRYLIC ACID BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPLETELY STIRRED TANK REACTOR SYSTEMS; COMPUTER CONTROLLED PH STAT SYSTEM; DILUTION RATES; FOOD TO MICROORGANISM RATIO;

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT;

ACRYLIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033627210     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143000x137149     Document Type: Article

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