Light intensity distribution in the externally illuminated cylindrical photo-bioreactor and its application to hydrogen production by Rhodobacter capsulatus

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-164

  Katsuda, Tomohisa ^a   Arimoto, Takeshi ^a   Igarashi, Koichi ^a   Azuma, Masayuki ^a   Kato, Jyoji ^a   Takakuwa, Susumu ^b   Ooshima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Batch processing; Bioprocess design; Bioreactor; Fermentation; Hydrogen production; Photosynthetic bacterium

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOPROCESS; BIOREACTOR; FERMENTATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034091094     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-703X(00)00054-1     Document Type: Article

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