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Table 7 Production of various other chemicals in biofilm reactors

From: Biofilm reactors for industrial bioconversion processes: employing potential of enhanced reaction rates

Product/Reactor Type

Adsorption support

Productivity [gL-1h-1]

Reference

Acetic acid

   

   Trickling bed biofilm reactor

Beechwood shavings

1.67 (120)

[13]

Lactic acid

   

   Agitating continuous reactor

Fibrous bed (cloth)

2.5 (126)

[37]

Fumaric acid

   

   Rotary continuous reactor

Plastic discs

4.25 (85)

[108]

   Strirred-tank (control)

None

0.91

[108]

Succinic acid

   

   Repeated batch fermentations

Plastic discs

-

[110]

  1. Numbers in bracket – product concentration in gL-1