Gas-liquid mass transfer in an up-flow cocurrent packed-bed biofilm reactor

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-196

  Pérez, Julio ^a,b   Montesinos, José Luis ^a   Gòdia, Francesc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofilm reactor; Flow model; Gas liquid mass transfer; Mathematical modelling; Nitrification; Packed bed bioreactors

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NITRIFICATION; PACKED BEDS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BIOFILM REACTOR; FLOW MODEL; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BED BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTION; GAS DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PACKED BED REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; UPFLOW REACTOR;

EID: 33748951400     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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