On-line measurement of gas production rates

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1456-1460

  Cooney, Michael ^a   Maynard, Nathan ^a   Cannizzaro, Christopher ^a,b   Harris, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL PROCESS; GAS EVOLUTION RATES;

FERMENTATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MICROORGANISMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OXYGEN;

GAS FUEL MEASUREMENT;

OXYGEN;

ALGORITHM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FERMENTATION; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTERS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FERMENTATION; GASES; KINETICS; OXYGEN; PRESSURE; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750029403     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp060101m     Document Type: Article

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