In this work the Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation of a stirred bioreactor purposely designed for the production of hydrogen from organic wastes fermentation is presented. The bioreactor is a vortex-ingesting, dual impeller, mechanically-agitated vessel equipped with a central draft tube. Due to the geometrical and physical complexity, the selected reactor offers a very challenging benchm...

A pilot scale membrane bioreactor hybrid system (MBR-HS) was evaluated for municipal wastewater treatment. This novel system comprised of a granular activated carbon-sponge fluidized bed bioreactor (GACS-FBBR) followed by a submerge membrane bioreactor (MBR) with the capacity of 2 L/min. The results indicated that the MBR-HS could effectively remove 90% DOC and 95% NH₄-N. PO₄-P removal efficien...

The objective of this study was to compare monoclonal antibody production in hollow fiber bioreactor systems and murine ascites to determine the feasibility of the bioreactor system as a potential alternative to the use of mice. Three hybridoma cell lines were grown in each of three different hollow fiber bioreactor systems and in groups of 20 mice. Mice were primed with 0.5 ml pristane intrape...

Introduction: The biological denitrification process is an interesting cost-effective technique to remove nitrate from water supplies. Acetic acid can be used as a carbon source in this process, but its consumption rate is a critical issue and, in some cases, it is quite different from stoichiometric constants. The current study aimed to investigate the nitrate removal in an up-flow packed bed ...

The oxidation of ferrous iron (Fe2+) in solution using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans has industrial applications exclusively in the regeneration of ferric iron (Fe3+) as an oxidizing agent for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from waste gases, desulfurization of coal, leaching of non-ferrous metallic sulfides and treatment of acid mine drainage. The aim of this investigation was to increase the...

background and objective: lactic acid is widely used in the food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. the major problems associated with lactic acid production are substrate and end-product inhibition, and by-product formation. membrane technology represents one of the most effective processes for lactic acid production. the aim of this work is to increase cell density and lactic acid produ...

Limited available water resources have rendered wastewater reuse an important issue to specialists in most developed countries, today. The current study works on membrane filtration for treatment of industrial wastewater. By comparing the two methods of membrane bioreactor (MBR) and hybrid membrane electro bioreactor (MEBR) processes, it finds that earlier fouling in the membrane occurs in the ...

Hemicellulosic biomass from olive-tree pruning (OTPB) was used as a raw material in order to produce hemicellulosic hydrolysate be fermented with the non-traditional yeast Candida guilliermondii FTI 20037 obtain ethanol and xylitol. The main objectives of this research were study most relevant kinetic parameters involved bioconversion process correlation between stirred-tank bioreactor agitated...

Several different foul odors such as nitrogen-containing groups, sulfur-containing groups, and short-chain fatty-acids commonly emitted from composting facilities. In this study, an experimental laboratory-scale bioreactor was scaled up to build a large-scale modular biofiltration system that can process 34 m(3)min(-1)waste gases. This modular reactor system was proven effective in eliminating ...

The development of a distributed parameter model of microalgae growth is presented. Two modelling frameworks for photo-bioreactor modelling, Eulerian and Lagrangian, are discussed and the complications residing in the multi-scale nature of transport and reaction phenomena are clarified. It is shown why is the mechanistic two time-scale model of photosynthetic factory the adequate model for biot...