Modeling of a foamed emulsion bioreactor: I. Model development and experimental validation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1096-1106

  Kan, Eunsung ^a,b   Deshusses, Marc A ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution control; Biodegradation; Biologically activated foam; Modeling; VOC control

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROORGANISMS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVATED FOAM; FOAMED EMULSION BIOREACTOR (FEBR); VOC CONTROL;

BIOREACTORS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTATION; FOAMED EMULSION BIOREACTOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMULSION; METABOLISM; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; TOLUENE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMULSIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; TOLUENE;

EID: 41249086603     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21666     Document Type: Article

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