Steady state behaviour of three phase air lift bioreactors - An integrated model and experimental verification

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 551-561

  Gikas, Petros ^a,b   Livingston, Andrew G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Delmar Technology Hellas SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biomass loading; Immobilised cells; Integrated model; Substrate loading

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SILICA; SUBSTRATES;

PROPANOL; THREE PHASE AIR LIFT BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS;

PROPANOL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BIOREACTOR; STEADY FLOW;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DIFFUSION; IMMOBILIZED CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; THICKNESS;

BENECKEA NATRIEGENS; VIBRIO NATRIEGENS;

EID: 0033067278     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199906)74:6<551::AID-JCTB72>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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