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dc.contributor.advisor | Nicol, Willie | en |
dc.contributor.postgraduate | Brink, Hendrik Gideon | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-25T09:53:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-25T09:53:54Z | |
dc.date.created | 2015/09/01 | en |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | en |
dc.description | Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2015. | en |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores the behaviour of biofilm fermenters through the analysis of two individual biofilm fermentation case studies. The studies were performed in a novel tubular bioreactor with homogeneously controlled shear. The case studies included a two-phase (gas–liquid) study performed on the anaerobic, lactic acid-producing Lactobacillus rhamnosus, and a three-phase (gas–liquid–solid) study on the CO2-fixating, succinic acid-producing Actinobacil-lus succinogenes. The studies focused specifically on four parameters, namely volumetric pro-duction rates, specific production rates, the metabolic product distributions with correspond-ing redox analysis, and the biofilm compositions as a function of shear conditions. | en |
dc.description.availability | Unrestricted | en |
dc.description.degree | PhD | en |
dc.description.department | Chemical Engineering | en |
dc.description.librarian | tm2015 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Brink, HG 2015, Production analysis of biofilm fermentation under homogeneous shear conditions, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50843> | en |
dc.identifier.other | S2015 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50843 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Pretoria | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. | en |
dc.subject | UCTD | en |
dc.title | Production analysis of biofilm fermentation under homogeneous shear conditions | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |