Biological sulfide oxidation of synthetic wastewater in fluidized bed bioreactor is studied using heterogeneous population of micro-organisms obtained from tannery effluent treatment plant. The FBBR used in this study is fabricated with glass having total volume of 0.6l (length of 0.38m and diameter of 0.045m). A separate 2l bottle is used as aeration tank to avoid the turbulence in the fluidiz...

A mesophilic unsaturated flow (trickle bed) reactor was designed and tested for H2 production via fermentation of glucose. The reactor consisted of a column packed with glass beads and inoculated with a pure culture (Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824). A defined medium containing glucose was fed at a flow rate of 1.6 mL/min (0.096 L/h) into the capped reactor, producing a hydraulic retention ...

Surface-engineered yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae codisplaying Rhizopus oryzae glucoamylase and Streptococcus bovis alpha-amylase on the cell surface was used for direct production of ethanol from uncooked raw starch. By using 50 g/L cells during batch fermentation, ethanol concentration could reach 53 g/L in 7 days. During repeated batch fermentation, the production of ethanol could be maintai...

Cell Culture Bioreactors Basic Types of Bioreactors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Stirred Tank (Well Mixed) vs. Tubular Reactor (Plug Flow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Segregated Bioreactors (Dead Zone Present) Compartmentalized Bioreactors . . 4 Implication When Growth or Reaction Occurs in the Reactor . . . . . ....

Catalytic wet air oxidation of an aqueous phenol solution was carried out in a trickle bed reactor at mild conditions of temperature (120–160◦C) and oxygen partial pressure (0.6–1.2 MPa). Tests were performed at space times up to 1 h. A commercially available copper oxide supported over g-alumina was used as catalyst. The results show that the phenol conversion, the chemical oxygen demand (COD)...