Continuous biocatalytic synthesis of epoxypropane using a biofilm reactor

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1739-1746

  Xin, Jia Ying ^a   Cui, Jun Ru ^a   Chen, Jian Bo ^a   Li, Shu Ben ^a   Xia, Chun Gu ^a   Zhu, Li Min ^b  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attached biofilm; Epoxypropane cooxidation; Fluidized bed; Methanotroph

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042155826     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(02)00262-5     Document Type: Article

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