LIQUID-PHASE MASS-TRANSFER IN FIXED-BED OF POLYURETHANE FOAM MATRICESCONTAINING IMMOBILIZED ANAEROBIC SLUDGE

Authors
ZAIAT M VIEIRA LGT FORESTI E
Citation
M. Zaiat et al., LIQUID-PHASE MASS-TRANSFER IN FIXED-BED OF POLYURETHANE FOAM MATRICESCONTAINING IMMOBILIZED ANAEROBIC SLUDGE, Biotechnology techniques, 10(2), 1996, pp. 121-126
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology techniques → ACNP
ISSN journal
0951208X
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
121 - 126
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-208X(1996)10:2<121:LMIFOP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
This paper reports on the results of liquid-phase mass transfer experi ments carried-out in a bed of immobilized anaerobic sludge. The liquid superficial velocity (v(s)) was found to deeply affect the liquid-pha se volumetric mass transfer coefficient (k(s)a) in the v(s) range of 0 .007 to 0.075 cm.s(-1). Moreover, k(s)a increased exponentially with v (s) in that range, due to the decrease of the external mass transfer r esistance.