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Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, Vol. 20 No. 4, 2006.

Original scientific paper

Investigation on the TransientConditions of a Rotating Biological Contactor for Bioethanol Production

A. Converti
D. De Faveri
P. Perego
J.M. Dominiguez
J.C.M. Carvalho
M.S.A. Palma
M. Del Borghi

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Abstract

Alcoholic fermentations of sucrose solutions were performed in a Rotating BiologicalContactor with immobilized-yeast cells, and the results collected during the transient conditions of start-up are presented and discussed. The analysis and modeling of data constitute a preliminary semi-empirical approach to the study of dynamics of such a bioprocess. The investigation has been developed on the observations of the responses to variations in the operating conditions of substrate, product, suspended- and immobilized- cell concentrations either in the fermentation broth or within a synthetic spongy matrix.

Keywords

Start-up; dynamics; transient conditions; immobilized-cell reactor; alcoholic fermentation

Hrčak ID:

6101

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/6101

Publication date:

18.12.2006.

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