An airlift reactor with double net draft tubes and its application in fermentation

Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Tung, H L ^a   Chiou, S Y ^a   Tu, C C ^a   Wu, W T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TUBE;

EID: 0030811591     PISSN: 0178515X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004490050344     Document Type: Article

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