Effect of silicone oil fraction and stirring rate on methane degradation in a stirred tank reactor

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-319

  Rocha Rios, José ^a   Muñoz, Raúl ^b   Revah, Sergio ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE PROCESOS Y TECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mass transfer coefficient; Methane biodegradation; Silicone oil; Two phase partitioning bioreactor

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY; BIODEGRADATION EXPERIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL OXIDATIONS; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; GAS MASS; INTERFACIAL CONTACT; LIMITING STEP; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; OIL FRACTIONS; ORGANIC PHASE; PHASE PARTITION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SILICONE OIL; STIRRED TANK; STIRRED TANK REACTORS; STIRRING RATES; TWO PHASE PARTITIONING BIOREACTOR; VOLUMETRIC OXYGEN TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN; SILICONES; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

METHANE; SILICONE OIL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; METHANOTROPH; NONHUMAN; STIRRED REACTOR;

EID: 77349092839     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2339     Document Type: Article

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