Hydrogen and ethanol production in anaerobic fluidized bed reactors: Performance evaluation for three support materials under different operating conditions

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-65

  Barros, Aruana Rocha ^a   Silva, Edson Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acid fermentation; Anaerobic fluidized bed reactor; Ethanol production; Hydrogen production; Support material

Indexed keywords

ACID FERMENTATION; ANAEROBIC FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; CARBON SOURCE; ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PROPIONIC ACIDS; SUPPORT MATERIAL; SUPPORT MATERIALS;

ACETIC ACID; BIOGAS; BUTYRIC ACID; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LACTIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYSTYRENES;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BIOGAS; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; LACTIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYSTYRENE; PROPIONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84856580982     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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