title: Review of mass transfer aspects for biological gas treatment.
abstract: This contribution reviews the mass transfer aspects of biotechnological processes for gas treatment, with an emphasis on the underlying principles and technical feasible methods for mass transfer enhancements. Understanding of the mass transfer behavior in bioreactors for gas treatment will result in improved reactor designs, reactor operation, and modeling tools, which are important to maximize efficiency and minimize costs. Various methods are discussed that show the potential for a more effective treatment of compounds with poor water solubility.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands. n.j.r.kraakman@tudelft.nl
authors.forename: Norbertus J R
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Kraakman
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rocha-Rios
authors.forename: Mark C M
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: van Loosdrecht
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D005740:Gases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005740:Gases