Hydrodynamic studies in an airlift reactor with an enlarged degassing zone

Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-279

  Freitas, C ^a   Teixeira, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CIRCULATION TIME; FERMENTATION; GAS DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031978511     PISSN: 0178515X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004490050441     Document Type: Article

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