title: Enhanced dibenzothiophene biodesulfurization in a microchannel reactor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. noda@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Tomonari
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kogure
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Irisa
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuroda
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D002384:Catalysis; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods*; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000378:metabolism*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013876:Thiophenes; C016366:dibenzothiophene