The influence of the degree of back-mixing on hydrogen production in an anaerobic fixed-bed reactor

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 9630-9635

  Fontes Lima, Daniel Moureira ^a   Zaiat, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acidogenic bioreactor; Anaerobic up flow fixed bed reactor; Hydrogen production; Recycle ratio

Indexed keywords

ACIDOGENIC; ANAEROBIC FIXED-BED REACTORS; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; BULK LIQUID; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIXED-BED REACTORS; HYDROGEN YIELDS; IRREVERSIBLE REACTIONS; KINETIC BEHAVIOR; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING POINTS; PACKED-BED BIOREACTORS; POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS; R VALUE; RECYCLE RATIOS;

BIOREACTORS; EXPERIMENTS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; RECYCLING; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84861135306     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.03.097     Document Type: Article

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