Airlift bioreactors: Analysis of local two‐phase hydrodynamics

AIChE Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 403-428

  Young, Mark A ^a,b   Carbonell, Ruben G ^a   Ollis, David F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS--MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT--VELOCITY;

AIRLIFT BIOREACTORS; FRICTION FACTORS; GAS LIQUID SLIP VELOCITY; TWO PHASE HYDRODYNAMICS;

BIOREACTORS;

EID: 0026122618     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690370311     Document Type: Article

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