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Kinetics of alcohol fermentations carried out in rotating biological surface reactors
Author(s) -
Converti Attilio,
Del Borghi Marco,
Zilli Mario,
Ferraiolo Giuseppe
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.260290104
Subject(s) - alcohol , kinetics , biochemical engineering , fermentation , chemistry , environmental science , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , biology , biochemistry , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
This article aims at deriving kinetic models for the RBS reactor operating with and without cell porous support. Since derivation of the kinetic equations from the Monod model is very complex, an empirical derivation from experimental data of continuous alcohol fermentations is used in this work.