Study of geometry and operational conditions on mixing time, gas hold up, mass transfer, flow regime and biomass production from natural gas in a horizontal tubular loop bioreactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 540-547

  Yazdian, F ^a   Shojaosadati, S A ^a   Nosrati, M ^a   Mehrnia, M R ^b   Vasheghani Farahani, E ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Flow regime; Gas hold up; Horizontal tubular loop bioreactor (HTLB); Mixing time; Natural gas; Volumetric mass transfer coefficient

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE; MIXING; NATURAL GAS; OXYGEN; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEPARATORS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; FLOW REGIME; HORIZONTAL TUBULAR LOOP BIOREACTOR (HTLB); MIXING TIME; VOLUMETRIC MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

GASES;

EID: 58149277307     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.09.031     Document Type: Article

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