Studies on the performance of a rotating drum bioreactor for bioleaching processes - Oxygen transfer, solids distribution and power consumption

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 103, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 30-34

  Jin, Jian ^a,b   Liu, Guo Liang ^a,b   Shi, Shao Yuan ^a   Cong, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mass transfer; Power consumption; Rotating drum bioreactor; Solids distribution

Indexed keywords

POWER CONSUMPTION; ROTATING DRUM BIOREACTOR; ROTATING DRUMS; SOLIDS DISTRIBUTION;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLEACHING; BIOREACTORS; GASES; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; ROTATION;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77955231719     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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