The specific interfacial area in external-loop airlift bioreactors

Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 127-133

  Gavrilescu, M ^a   Tudose, R Z ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Romania)

^b GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFITE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031044081     PISSN: 0178515X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004490050299     Document Type: Article

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