Mass-transfer properties of microbubbles. 1. Experimental studies

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-38

  Bredwell, Marshall D ^a   Worden, R Mark ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE; DISPERSIONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN;

CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTORS (CSTR); LASER DIFFRACTION; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MICROBUBBLE SPARGING; POWER NUMBER; SYNTHESIS GAS FERMENTATION;

FERMENTATION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN; MICROSPHERE; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; DIFFUSION; FERMENTATION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COLLOIDS; DIFFUSION; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; MATHEMATICS; MICROSPHERES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

BUTYRIBACTERIUM; BUTYRIBACTERIUM METHYLOTROPHICUM;

EID: 0031932075     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp970133x     Document Type: Article

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