A fluid dynamic study using a simulated viscous, shear thinning broth of the retrofitting of large agitated bioreactors

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-19

  Nienow, A W ^a   Hunt, G ^b   Buckland, B C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

fluid dynamic study; viscous fluid; Xanthan solution

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DAMPING; FERMENTERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FUNGI; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; SOLUTIONS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; VISCOMETERS; WATER;

AERATION RATE; AGITATION; AIR FLOW; MYCELIAL FERMENTATION; POWER NUMBERS; SHEAR THINNING BROTH; XANTHAN SOLUTION;

VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

XANTHAN;

AERATION; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FERMENTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MYCELIUM; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030569735     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960105)49:1<15::AID-BIT2>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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