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Hyperthermophilic microorganisms: applications to hot waste gas biofiltration

Reference	E11124
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Phillip Craig Wright
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Heriot-Watt University
Department	Heriot-Watt University Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	135,078
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	24/05/1999
End date	31/08/2002
Duration	39 months

Abstract

The project seeks to investigate a biofilter suitable for high temperature waste-gas scrubbing. This will necessitate the construction of a novel vapour-phase fluidized bed bioreactor and appropriate biological support matrices to contain thermophilic bacteria. The bioreactor engineering work will proceed in parallel with the isolation and investigation of suitable thermophilic and extreme-thermophilic bacteria. The overall performance of the novel bioreactor and highly-thermophilic microorganisms will be assessed mechanistically by decoupling the reactor heat and mass transfer effects from the microbial kinetics. Kinetic models will be developed for transient and steady-state biofiltration.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Engineering & Biological Systems (EBS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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