Review of syngas fermentation processes for bioethanol

Biofuels

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 551-564

  Acharya, Bimal ^a   Roy, Poritosh ^a   Dutta, Animesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

bioethanol; bioreactor; fermentation; microorganism; syngas

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOETHANOL; BIOREACTORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; MASS TRANSFER; MICROORGANISMS; SYNTHESIS GAS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

FERMENTATION CONDITIONS; FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGIES; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; MASS TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION; SYN-GAS;

SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84938821380     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17597269.2014.1002996     Document Type: Article

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