On the estimation of effective shear rate in external loop airlift reactors: non-Newtonian fluids

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 18, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 11-24

  Al Masry, W A ^a   Chetty, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

airlift reactor; effective shear rate; hydrodynamics; non Newtonian fluids

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SHEAR RATE;

BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS;

CALCULATIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

AIRLIFT REACTORS; EFFECTIVE SHEAR RATE; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITY;

BIOREACTORS;

EID: 0030274150     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(96)01164-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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