Treatment of high-strength corn steep liquor using cultivated Polyvinyl alcohol gel beads in an anaerobic fluidized-bed reactor

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-53

  Zhang, Wenjie ^a   Xie, Qinglin ^b   Rouse, Joseph D ^c   Qiao, Sen ^a   Furukawa, Kenji ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c KURARAY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic fluidized bed reactor; Corn steep liquor; Cultivated; Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gel; Up flow anaerobic sludge blanket

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC FLUIDIZED-BED REACTOR; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; BLANKET REACTORS; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; CONTACT CONDITIONS; CORN STEEP LIQUOR; CULTIVATED; GEL BEADS; GEL MATRIXES; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIMES; IN COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; OUTER SURFACES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL GELS; PVA GELS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SUBSTRATE DIFFUSIONS; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE-BLANKET;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CRYSTAL LATTICES; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GELATION; GELS; REMOVAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUPERSATURATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COLLOIDS;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GELS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58149295713     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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