Multiphase Bioreactor Design

presented great conglomerates of mycelia with sizes ranging from 3 to 7 cm, producing bed compacting after a few days and disabl ...

frequency is considered as that which gives a higher productivity as well as an increased stability in continuous production. Th ...

Table 11.3 Citric acid production by A. niger in a continuous fluidised bed reactor with different air pulsation frequency (^) F ...

phase pulsing bioreactors in decolourisation and detoxification of highly coloured wastewaters, based on the oxidative capabilit ...

Figure 11.13 Poly R-478 decolourisation efficiency and MnP productivity (referred to reactor volume and flow rate) in a packed b ...

Brauer, H. (1988) Development and efficiency of a new generation of bioreactors. Part 2. Bioprocess Eng., 3, 11–21. Brauer, H. ( ...

Moreira, M.T., Feijoo, G., Palma, C. and Lema, J.M. (1998) Strategies for the optimization of continuous production of Manganese ...

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CHAPTER TWELVE DESIGN OF LIQUID-LIQUID-SOLID FLUIDISED-BED BIOREACTORS ERIK VAN ZESSEN, ARJEN RINZEMA AND JOHANNES TRAMPER Food ...

biotransformations carried out in a two-phase system and the advantages of using such a system are given by Vermuë and Tramper ( ...

has good mixing characteristics, and seems promising for application in an in situ extraction bioprocess. The aim of this chapte ...

used for fluidising the biocatalytic particles. An immiscible solvent is pumped through a sparger, and the droplets formed rise ...

the organic phase density is larger, this liquid has to be introduced at the top of the column, and both liquids have to be sepa ...

Figure 12.3 Alternative process lay- out: water flows counter-current with respect to the droplets flow as hold-up, were not det ...

in both tubes. A density difference results in a pressure difference and water will flow between both tubes: the direction of th ...

the column with particles. This set-up will work if the particle density is higher than the water density. A fluidised bed will ...

Making a total process design and optimising this design for both reactors goes beyond the scope of this paper. One can also com ...

Hydrodynamics This part of the model considers the hold-up and mixing of the different phases present. To model the medium flow, ...

Mass transfer between the different phases in a 2- or 3-phase system can be presented schematically as shown in Figure 12.7. To ...

The mass transfer rate between the different phases can be described with the equations given in Table 12.2; the rates are a com ...