Hydrodynamic characteristics and gas-liquid mass transfer in a biofilm airlift suspension reactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 627-635

  Nicolella, C ^a   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a   Van Der Lans, R G J M ^a   Heijnen, J J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Biofilm; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TWO PHASE FLOW;

AIRLIFT SUSPENSION REACTOR;

BIOREACTORS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; FLIGHT; FLOW; GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; REACTOR;

BIOFILMS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; GASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032488322     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19981205)60:5<627::AID-BIT13>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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