Gas phase acetaldehyde production in a continuous bioreactor

Journal Article · Fri Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Biotechnology and Bioengineering; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260420515· OSTI ID:6320551

Hwang, Soon Ook ^[1]; Trantolo, D J ^[2]; Wise, D L ^[3]

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1. Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
2. Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States). Center for Biotechnology Engineering
3. Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States). Center for Biotechnology Engineering

The gas phase continuous production of acetaldehyde was studied with particular emphasis on the development of biocatalyst (alcohol oxidase on solid phase support materials) for a fixed bed reactor. Based on the experimental results in a batch bioreactor, the biocatalysts were prepared by immobilization of alcohol oxidase on Amberlite IRA-400, packed into a column, and the continuous acetaldehyde production in the gas phase by alcohol oxidase was performed. The effects of the reaction temperature, flow rates of gaseous stream, and ethanol vapor concentration on the performance of the continuous bioreactor were investigated.

• OSTI ID: 6320551
• Journal Information: Biotechnology and Bioengineering; (United States), Vol. 42:5; ISSN 0006-3592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
ACETALDEHYDE
BIOSYNTHESIS
BIOREACTORS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
CONTINUOUS CULTURE
ETHANOL
IMMOBILIZED ENZYMES
MICROORGANISMS
OXIDOREDUCTASES
ALCOHOLS
ALDEHYDES
ENZYMES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROTEINS
SYNTHESIS
TESTING
090900* - Biomass Fuels- Processing- (1990-)