@inproceedings{scholars200, address = {Salt Lake City, UT}, note = {cited By 3; Conference of 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting ; Conference Date: 4 November 2007 Through 9 November 2007; Conference Code:74094}, year = {2007}, title = {Solid state fermentation of palm kernel cake in a laterally aerated moving bed bioreactor}, journal = {AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings}, keywords = {Biochemical engineering; Bioreactors; Fermentation; Flow of gases; Industrial chemicals; Sugar (sucrose), Aeration rates; Aspergillus flavus; Batch experiments; Complex sugars; Moving beds; Optimal conditions; Palm kernel cake; Palm kernel cakes; Solid state fermentation; Solid states; Sugar conversions, Sugars}, abstract = {A laterally aerated moving bed (LAMB) bioreactor is developed for continuous solid state fermentation (SSF) of palm kernel cake by Aspergillus flavus to degrade the complex sugar (mannan) component to simple sugar (mannose) component at a nominal capacity of 0.37 Kg of dry PKC per day. Sugar conversions upto 111.24 at an aeration rate of 10 LPM were obtained. SSF was performed at optimal conditions established from batch experiments.}, author = {Janaun, J. and Ling, H. M. and Chien, H. M. and Subbarao, D.}, isbn = {9780816910229}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-56349119555&partnerID=40&md5=566aa73032ba0ca824053c923758b1da} }