Essential prerequisites for successful bioprocess development of biological CH4 production from CO2 and H2

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-151

  Rittmann, Simon ^a   Seifert, Arne ^a   Herwig, Christoph ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomethane; Bioreactor design; Media demands; Methanogens; Physiological parameters; Power to gas; Quantification; Scale up

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; ENERGY STORAGE; METHANOGENS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMETHANE; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; MEDIA DEMANDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; QUANTIFICATION; SCALE-UP;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FUEL; HYDROGEN; METHANE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENERGY; BIOPROCESS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMOSTAT; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; FED BATCH CULTURE; FIXED BED REACTOR; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCALE UP; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; PROCEDURES;

METHANOTHERMOBACTER;

BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84932174762     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2013.820685     Document Type: Review

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