Biodegradation by immobilized bacteria in an airlift‐loop reactor—influence of biofilm diffusion limitation
- 20 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology & Bioengineering
- Vol. 31 (6) , 559-566
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260310608
Abstract
Naphthalene‐2‐sulfonate was degraded by submerse growing Pseudomonads in a chemostat culture. The kinetic parameters for the Monod equation, including Pirts maintenance energy, were calculated from these experiments regarding naphthalene‐2‐sulfonate as substrate and oxygene as cosubstrate. By immobilizing the bacteria on sand particles, the degradation of naphthalene‐2‐sulfonate was carried out in a specialy designed three‐phase airlift‐loop reactor in a completely fluidized state. From these experiments, the influence of biofilm diffusion limitation on reaction kinetics and criteria for stable biofilm formation on sand particles were obtained.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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