Application of two component biodegradable carriers in a particle-fixed biofilm airlift suspension reactor: Development and structure of biofilms

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-39

  Hille, Andrea ^a   He, Mei ^a   Ochmann, Clemens ^b   Neu, Thomas R ^c   Horn, Harald ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b VertUm GmbH   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Biodegradable biofilm carriers; CLSM; Microelectrode

Indexed keywords

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BIODEGRADABLE BIOFILM CARRIERS; BIODEGRADABLE CARRIERS; BIOFILM AIRLIFT SUSPENSIONS; BIOFILM STRUCTURES; CAPROLACTONE; CARRIER MATERIALS; CLSM; CRYOSECTIONING; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; FED BATCHES; FIXED BIOFILMS; HETEROTROPHIC MICROORGANISMS; HIGH LOADING RATES; LIGHT MICROSCOPIES; MASS TRANSPORTS; OXYGEN TRANSPORTS; PENETRATION DEPTHS; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE); SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; TWO COMPONENTS;

BIOFILTERS; CIVIL AVIATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MICROELECTRODES; OXYGEN; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILMS;

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAPROLACTONE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HETEROTROPHY; MICROELECTRODE; MICROSCOPY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEXANOIC ACIDS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LACTONES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SUSPENSIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 58149102686     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-008-0217-5     Document Type: Article

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