The performance of a scaled down industrial disc stack centrifuge with a reduced feed material requirement

Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-199

  Maybury, J P ^a   Mannweiler, K ^a   Titchener Hooker, N J ^a   Hoare, M ^a   Dunnill, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ACETATE;

ARTICLE; BIOPROCESS; CENTRIFUGE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLID;

EID: 0031938841     PISSN: 0178515X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004490050430     Document Type: Article

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