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A comparison of mass transfer coefficients between trickle-bed, hollow fiber membrane and stirred tank reactors
James J. Orgill,Hasan K. Atiyeh,Mamatha Devarapalli,John R. Phillips,Randy S. Lewis,Raymond L. Huhnke +5 more
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The present study compared the volumetric mass transfer coefficient (K(tot)A/V(L) of three reactor types; the TBR with 3 mm and 6 mm beads, five different modules of HFRs, and the STR using O2 as the gaseous mass transfer agent.About:
This article is published in Bioresource Technology.The article was published on 2013-04-01. It has received 117 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mass transfer coefficient & Continuous stirred-tank reactor.read more
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Gas Fermentation—A Flexible Platform for Commercial Scale Production of Low-Carbon-Fuels and Chemicals from Waste and Renewable Feedstocks
Fungmin Liew,Michael Martin,Ryan Tappel,Bjorn Daniel Heijstra,Christophe Daniel Mihalcea,Michael Köpke +5 more
TL;DR: This review gives an overview of the gas fermentation process, focusing specifically on anaerobic acetogens, and applications of synthetic biology and coupling gas fermentation to additional processes are discussed in detail.
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Rethinking biological activation of methane and conversion to liquid fuels
Chad A. Haynes,Ramon Gonzalez +1 more
TL;DR: A vision for a new foundation for methane bioconversion is formulated and paths to develop technologies for the production of liquid transportation fuels from methane at high carbon yield and high energy efficiency and with low CO2 emissions are suggested.
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Continuous syngas fermentation for the production of ethanol, n-propanol and n-butanol.
Kan Liu,Hasan K. Atiyeh,Bradley S. Stevenson,Ralph S. Tanner,Mark R. Wilkins,Raymond L. Huhnke +5 more
TL;DR: A 16S rRNA gene-based survey revealed a mixed culture in the fermentor dominated by A. bacchi strain CP15 (56%) and Clostridium propionicum (34%) that presents an opportunity for higher alcohols production from syngas.
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Syngas fermentation of Clostridium carboxidivoran P7 in a hollow fiber membrane biofilm reactor: Evaluating the mass transfer coefficient and ethanol production performance
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of hollow fiber membrane biofilm reactor (HFM-BR) as a reactor configuration for syngas fermentation was evaluated at abiotic conditions within a wide range.
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Reactor systems for syngas fermentation processes: A review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of various techniques applied in syngas fermentation, focusing on the different bioreactor configurations operated in continuous mode for the production of liquid and gas biofuels.
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