Investigation of hydrodynamic/biomass growth coupling in a pilot scale granular bioreactor at low pore Reynolds number

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1765-1782

  Karrabi, M ^a   Sechet P ^a   Morra, Ch ^a,b   Cartellier, A ^a   Geindreau, Ch ^c   Martins, J M F ^b  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Bioreactors; Kinetics; Metabolism; Microstructure; Porous media

Indexed keywords

1-D MODELS; BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BED REACTORS; BIOCLOGGING; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOFILM GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; BIOMASS GROWTH; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONTAMINATED WATER; EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; EPS PRODUCTION; FIXED-BED BIOREACTOR; GLOBAL SCALE; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MESOSCALE; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROSTRUCTURATION; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PILOT SCALE; PORE SCALE; POROUS MEDIA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE POROSITY; UPSCALING; UPSCALING METHODS; WATER FLOWS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHENOLS; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA;

EID: 79952243408     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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