Influence of top-section design and draft-tube height on the performance of airlift bioreactors containing water-in-oil microemulsion

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 260-267

  Mehrnia, Mohammed Reza ^a   Towfighi, Jafar ^a   Bonakdarpour, Babak ^b   Akbarnegad, Mohammed Mehdi ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; Gas liquid separator; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Microemulsion

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DESULFURIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MICROEMULSIONS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BIODESULFURIZATION; GAS RECIRCULATION;

BIOREACTORS;

KEROSENE; OIL; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; WATER;

BIOREACTOR; GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; OIL-WATER EMULSION; SEPARATOR;

ACCURACY; AIRFLOW; AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FLOW RATE; GAS; HEIGHT; LIQUID; MICROEMULSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; TUBE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 1442351182     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.971     Document Type: Article

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