Enhanced dibenzothiophene biodesulfurization in a microchannel reactor.
A microchannel reactor system was used in a biodesulfurization process in which the rate of biodesulfurization in the oil/water phase of the microchannel reaction was more than nine-fold that in a batch (control) reaction. In addition, the microchannel reaction system using a bacterial cell suspension degraded alkylated dibenzothiophene that was not degraded by the batch reaction system. This work provides a foundation for the application of a microchannel reactor system consisting of biological catalysts using an oil/water phase reaction.
Noda
Ken-Ichi
K
Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. noda@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Kogure
Tomonari
T
Irisa
Shiro
S
Murakami
Yuji
Y
Sakata
Minoru
M
Kuroda
Akio
A
D019149:Bioreactors; D002384:Catalysis; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods*; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000378:metabolism*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
D013876:Thiophenes; C016366:dibenzothiophene