CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS OF A FLUIDIZED-BED BIOREACTOR FOR ANAEROBIC-DIGESTION - RESIDENCE TIME EFFECT ON DEGRADATION KINETICS

Authors
BUFFIERE P MOLETTA R FONADE C
Citation
P. Buffiere et al., CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS OF A FLUIDIZED-BED BIOREACTOR FOR ANAEROBIC-DIGESTION - RESIDENCE TIME EFFECT ON DEGRADATION KINETICS, Biotechnology letters, 17(8), 1995, pp. 833-838
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
17
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
833 - 838
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1995)17:8<833:COOAFB>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A fluidized bed fermenter is used for anaerobic digestion. The influen ce of Hydraulic Retention Time, inlet concentration and degree of colo nization is investigated. The degradation kinetics seems to depend on the ratio between outlet and inlet concentration. Different kinetic re gimes are identified, showing that mass transfer in the biofilms may p lay an important role on the degradation kinetics.