An innovative membrane bioreactor for methane biohydroxylation

Autor: Laurence Soussan, Delphine Paolucci-Jeanjean, Marie-Pierre Belleville, Christophe Charmette, N. Pen, José Sanchez
Přispěvatelé: Institut Européen des membranes (IEM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Montpellier (UM)
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Bioresource Technology
Bioresource Technology, Elsevier, 2014, 174, pp.42-52. ⟨10.1016/j.biortech.2014.10.001⟩
ISSN: 1873-2976
0960-8524
Popis: In this study, a membrane bioreactor (MBR) was developed for efficient, safe microbial methane hydroxylation with Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. This innovative MBR, which couples a bioreactor with two gas/liquid macroporous membrane contactors supplying the two gaseous substrates (methane and oxygen) was operated in fed-batch mode. The feasibility and the reproducibility of this new biohydroxylation process were first demonstrated. The mass transfer within this MBR was twice that observed in a batch reactor in similar conditions. The productivity reached with this MBR was 75±25mgmethanol(gdrycell)(-1)h(-1). Compared to the literature, this value is 35times higher than that obtained with the only other fed-batch membrane bioreactor reported, which was run with dense membranes, and is comparable to those obtained with bioreactors fed by bubble-spargers. However, in the latter case, an explosive gas mixture can be formed, a problem that is avoided with the MBR.
Databáze: OpenAIRE