Optimization of biobleaching of paper pulp in an expanded bed bioreactor with immobilized alkali stable xylanase by using response surface methodology

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 7781-7787

  Senthilkumar, Sundar Rajan ^a,b   Dempsey, Michael ^b   Krishnan, Chandraraj ^c   Gunasekaran, Paramasamy ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fischeri; Biobleaching; Expanded bioreactor; Immobilization; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; BIOREACTORS; CHLORINE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CURVE FITTING; FARM BUILDINGS; FLOW RATE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MICROFLUIDICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PAPER; PULP; RATE CONSTANTS; SURFACES;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; APPLIED (CO); BIO-BLEACHING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINUOUS MODE; DIAZOTIZATION; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPANDED BED BIOREACTOR; KAPPA NUMBERS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PAPER PULP; POLYSTYRENE (PS) BEADS; REACTION TEMPERATURES; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSA); XYLANASE;

UNBLEACHED PULP;

CHLORINE; POLYSTYRENE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

BIOREACTOR; BLEACHING; CHLORINE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; IMMOBILIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FISCHERI; BIOREACTOR; BLEACHING; DIAZOTIZATION; FLOW RATE; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOREACTORS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRY; PAPER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; XYLOSIDASES;

BLEACHING; BUILDINGS; CHLORINE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDICS; IMMOBILIZATION; KAPPA NUMBER; PAPER; PULPS; SPACE (COSMIC); UNBLEACHED PULPS; XYLANASE;

NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI;

EID: 45449093388     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.01.058     Document Type: Article

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