Syngas fermentation to biofuel: Evaluation of carbon monoxide mass transfer and analytical modeling using a composite hollow fiber (CHF) membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 130-136

  Munasinghe, Pradeep Chaminda ^a   Khanal, Samir Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical modeling; Biofuels; Composite hollow fiber membrane; Mass transfer; Syngas fermentation

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; COMPOSITE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HOLLOW FIBER; INLET GAS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; RE-CIRCULATION FLOW; RECIRCULATION RATES; SYNGAS FERMENTATIONS; VOLUMETRIC MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FERMENTATION; MASS TRANSFER; SYNTHESIS GAS; TABLE LOOKUP;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; SYNGAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOFUEL; BIOREACTOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPOSITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERMENTATION; FLOW VELOCITY; GAS FLOW; GAS PHASE REACTION; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; FERMENTATION; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FERMENTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84866023480     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.03.053     Document Type: Article

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