Modeling of a vapor-phase fungi bioreactor for the abatement of hexane: Fluid dynamics and kinetic aspects

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-328

  Spigno, Giorgia ^a   De Marco Faveri, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Fluid dynamics; Kinetics; Mathematical modeling; Packed bed; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEGRADATION; DISPERSIONS; FUNGI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS;

DEGRADATION RATE; GROWTH RATE; KINETIC SATURATION CONSTANT; VAPOR-PHASE FUNGI BIOREACTOR;

BIOREACTORS;

HEXANE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; DYNAMICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PACKED BED REACTOR; VAPOR;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; HEXANES; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 14244267994     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20336     Document Type: Article

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