Substrate controlled development of anaerobic acidifying aggregates at different shear rates in a gas lift reactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 306-315

  Verschuren, Peter G ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Johannes C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm detachment; Gas lift reactor; PH auxostat; Shear; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; GLUCOSE; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PH EFFECTS; SHEARING;

NON-GROWTH CONDITIONS;

BIOREACTORS;

ACIDIFICATION; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; REACTOR; SHEAR RATE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN;

EID: 0035809230     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.1196     Document Type: Article

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