Research Article

Effect of Mixing on Microorganism Growth in Loop Bioreactors

Table 1

Baseline parameters used in simulations.

ParameterValueUnitsParameterValueUnits

0.37hr−1T STP25 °C
1.3 mol CH4/L 3atm
1.93(mol CH4/mol Cell)P STP1atm
2.80(mol /mol Cell) 0.043m/s
0.92(mol CO2/mol Cell) 0.5m/s
1,000.9L atm/mol 0.40[—]
1,100.81L atm/mol 0.58[—]
2,023.6L atm/mol 0.02[—]
47.39L·atm/mol 0.00[—]
T45 °CZ15m