Gas-solid packed and fluidized bed models for bioremediation of volatile organic compounds in air

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-43

  Clarke, Kyla ^a   Pugsley, Todd ^a   Hill, Gordon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioreactor systems; Bioremediation; Fluidization; Hydrodynamics; Kinetics; Mass transfer; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR MODELS; BIOREACTOR SYSTEMS; BUBBLE PROPERTIES; BUBBLE SIZE; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST ORDER KINETIC; GAS EXCHANGE RATE; GAS-SOLID; LIMITING CASE; MASS TRANSPORT; MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MODELLING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; OUTLET CONCENTRATION; OVERALL RATE; PACKED-BED BIOREACTORS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RESIDENCE TIME; RISE VELOCITY; STEADY STATE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; EMULSIFICATION; ETHANOL; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGY; PACKED BEDS; POLLUTION; REMOVAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALCOHOL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMULSION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; GAS; GAS EXCHANGE; KINETICS; MASS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PICHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SOLID; STEADY STATE; VELOCITY;

EID: 67649207638     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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