title: Biodegradation by immobilized bacteria in an airlift-loop reactor-influence of biofilm diffusion limitation.
abstract: Naphthalene-2-sulfonate was degraded by submerse growing Pseudomonads in a chemostat culture. The kinetic parameters for the Monod equation, including Pirts maintenance energy, were calculated from these experiments regarding naphthalene-2-sulfonate as substrate and oxygene as cosubstrate. By immobilizing the bacteria on sand particles, the degradation of naphthalene-2-sulfonate was carried out in a specialy designed three-phase airlift-loop reactor in a completely fluidized state. From these experiments, the influence of biofilm diffusion limitation on reaction kinetics and criteria for stable biofilm formation on sand particles were obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Technical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Paderborn, D-4790 Paderborn, P.O. Box 1621, West Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hempel