Application of the growth substrate pulsed feeding technique to a process of chloroform aerobic cometabolism in a continuous-flow sand-filled reactor

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1656-1664

  Frascari, Dario ^a   Cappelletti, Martina ^a   Fedi, Stefano ^a   Verboschi, Angelo ^a   Ciavarelli, Roberta ^a   Nocentini, Massimo ^a   Pinelli, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerobic cometabolism; Biodegradation; Bioreactor; Bioremediation; Chlorinated solvents

Indexed keywords

1-D SIMULATION; AEROBIC COMETABOLISM; BIOMASS GROWTH; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; COMETABOLIC BIODEGRADATIONS; COMETABOLISM; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; GROWTH SUBSTRATES; POROUS MEDIUM; PULSED INJECTION; RELIABLE MODELS; SUBSTRATE INHIBITION;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; BUTANE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FEEDING; MICROBIOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS;

OXIC SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84870711256     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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