A simplified steady-state model of a hybrid bioreactor composed of a bubble column bioreactor and biofilter compartments

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 554-560

  Yeom, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Bubble column bioreactor; CSTR; Hybrid bioreactor; Modeling; PFR

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION;

BUBBLE COLUMN BIOREACTOR; CONTINUOUSLY STIRRED TANK REACTOR (CSTR); HYBRID BIOREACTOR;

BIOREACTORS;

EID: 33947170639     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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