Optimisation and design of nitrogen-sparged fermentative hydrogen production bioreactors

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6558-6565

  Kraemer, Jeremy T ^a   Bagley, David M ^b  

^a CH2M Hill Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Mass transfer; Nitrogen; Scale up; Sparging; Yield

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FROUDE NUMBER; GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; GAS PRODUCERS; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; MASS TRANSFER; NITROGEN; NONMETALS;

ENERGY USES; FERMENTATIVE HYDROGEN PRODUCTIONS; HYDROGEN GASSES; MASS-TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NITROGEN SPARGING; OPTIMISATION; SCALE SYSTEMS; SCALE-UP; SHERWOOD; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SPARGING; YIELD;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 55249084376     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.08.033     Document Type: Article

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