Effects of flow rate and substrate concentration on the formation and H2 production of photosynthetic bacterial biofilms

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 6902-6908

  Wang, Ye Jun ^a   Liao, Qiang ^a   Wang, Yong Zhong ^a   Zhu, Xun ^a   Li, Jun ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Flow rate; Photo hydrogen production; Rhodopseudomonas palustris; Substrate concentration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BIOFILM FORMATION; DRY WEIGHT; FLAT PANEL; GLUCOSE DIFFUSION; H2 PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; HYDROGEN REMOVAL; PHOTO-HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIAS; POROUS STRUCTURES; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; THIN GLASS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOW RATE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

SUBSTRATES;

GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; DRY MATTER; FLOW VELOCITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYDROGEN; IMMOBILIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DIFFUSION; DRY WEIGHT; FLOW RATE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; THICKNESS;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; HYDROGEN; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHEOLOGY; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 79956355056     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.04.026     Document Type: Article

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