Heat and mass transfer studies of palm kernel cake (PKC) in fluidized bed fermenter

• Main Authors: Choo W. Foong, K. Krishnaiah, Jidon Janaun, Duvvuri Subbarao, Auti Prabhakar
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2009
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21417/1/Heat%20and%20mass%20transfer%20studies%20of%20palm%20kernel%20cake%20%28PKC%29%20in%20fluidized%20bed%20fermenter.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21417/7/Heat%20and%20mass%20transfer%20studies%20of%20palm%20kernel%20cake%20%28PKC%29%20in%20fluidized%20bed%20fermenter.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21417/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.03.012
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Solid state fermentation (SSF) which involves the growth of microorganism on moist solid substrates in the absence of free flowing water, has gained renewed attention over submerged fermentation for specific applications. During the SSF process in fermenter, there are three main engineering problems...