A review of recent advances in airlift reactors technology with emphasis on environmental remediation

J Behin, P Amiri - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Airlift reactors (ALRs) and airlift bioreactors (ALBRs) have been widely used in many sectors
over the past decade. Although most articles have focused on the new design to improve the …

Recent advances in microbial capture of hydrogen sulfide from sour gas via sulfur‐oxidizing bacteria

Z Chen, G Yang, X Hao, NA Samak… - Engineering in Life …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biological desulfurization offers several remarkably environmental advantages of operation
at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure, no demand of toxic chemicals as well as …

Nanobubbles produced by nanopores to probe gas-liquid mass transfer characteristics

H Sharma, N Nirmalkar, W Zhang - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Hypothesis This study tested the hypothesis of how the nanopore size of membranes and
how the surface charge of nanobubbles responds to its pinch-off from the nanopore. This …

Effective analysis of different gas diffusers on bubble hydrodynamics in bubble column and airlift reactors towards mass transfer enhancement

P Ham, S Bun, P Painmanakul, K Wongwailikhit - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Even bubble column reactors (BCR) and airlift reactors (ALR) have been developed in terms
of various related aspects towards mass transfer enhancement, the effective analysis of gas …

Optimal design of double stage internal loop air-lift bioreactor

F Ramonet, B Haddadi, M Harasek - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biorefinery systems play a critical role in the transition towards a sustainable bioeconomy,
and bioreactors are a key component in these systems. While mechanically stirred reactors …

Intensification of aqueous mineralisation of CO2 with CaO containing industrial wastes in a modified airlift reactor

A Pandey, GA Bhaduri - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2 mineralisation is considered the safest storage medium for mitigating climate change.
One of the challenges with the industrial demonstration of the mineralisation technology is …

Investigation of hydrodynamic performance in a staggered multistage internal airlift loop reactor

W Wang, Q Pan, Z Shen, Y Dong, L Zhou, Z Yu… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The multistage internal airlift loop reactor (MIALR) has shown promising application
prospects in gas–liquid–solid reaction systems. However, traditional MIALRs have a global …

Relative effect of additional solid media on bubble hydrodynamics in bubble column and airlift reactors towards mass transfer enhancement

P Sastaravet, S Bun, K Wongwailikhit… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many researchers have focused on multi-phase reactor development for improving mass
transfer performance. However, solid particle addition in gas–liquid contactor for better …

Study of sparger design effects on the hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics of a D-shape hybrid airlift reactor

A Berouaken, R Rihani, FS Marra - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effect of sparger designs on a D-shape hybrid airlift reactor
(DHALR) performances. The designs of airlift and torus reactors were combined to get the …

A study on the designs of baffles-enhanced gas transfer inside Chlorella vulgaris airlift photobioreactors and flow visualisation modelling

A Feng, T Zhang, Y Li, H Zhang, C Liu - Separation and Purification …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microalgae play a crucial role as bioresources, yet the culture systems of photobioreactors
(PBR) encounter challenges. Many engineered PBRs tend to incorporate internals build …