Gas-liquid dispersion in a fibrous fixed bed biofilm reactor at growth and non-growth conditions

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1023-1029

  Martinov, Martin ^a   Hadjiev, Dimiter ^a   Vlaev, Serafim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Biofilm reaction; Fibrous fixed bed bioreactor; Fluid dynamics; Gas hold up; Pseudomonas putida

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; BREAK-UP; BUBBLE BED; BUBBLE COALESCENCE; BUBBLE SIZE; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CHANNEL SIZES; DISPERSION PARAMETERS; DISSOLVED ELEMENT; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; FIBROUS FIXED BED BIOREACTOR; FIXED BED BIOFILM REACTORS; FIXED-BED BIOREACTOR; FLUID VELOCITIES; GAS DISPERSION; GAS HOLD UP; GAS SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; GAS-LIQUID DISPERSION; GAS-LIQUID REACTION; GEOMETRIC SIMILARITY; IONIC SOLUTIONS; LIMITED DATA; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; MARGINAL EFFECTS; NON-GROWTH CONDITIONS; OPERATION FACTORS; POPULATION SIZES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REACTIVE FLOW; SCALE-UP; STRUCTURED PACKINGS; WIRE PACKING;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; BREWERIES; BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; DISPERSIONS; DISSOLUTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TENSION; WASTEWATER;

GASES;

EID: 77954815433     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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