Quantification of brewers' yeast flocculation in a stirred tank: Effect of physical parameters on flocculation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 190-200

  Van Hamersveld, E H ^a   Van Der Lans, R G J M ^b   Luyben, K C A M ^b  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brewers' yeast; Floc size; Flocculation; Light extinction; Sedimentation; Single cells; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEER; FERMENTATION; FLOCCULATION; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

BREWERIES; FERMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION; YEAST;

BEER BREWING PROCESS; BREWER'S YEAST;

FLOCCULATION;

EID: 0030609284     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19971020)56:2<190::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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