Periodical changes of input air flowrate - a possible way of improvement of oxygen transfer and liquid circulation in airlift bioreactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4937-4943

  Godo S ^a   Klein, J ^a   Polakovic M ^a   Bales V ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Airlift; Bubble; Gas hold up; Liquid circulation; Mass transfer; Non Newtonian broth

Indexed keywords

AIRLIFT REACTOR; CITRIC ACID; FERMENTATION; FLOW RATE; LIQUID CIRCULATION; OXYGEN TRANSFER; PROCESS MONITORING; SPARGING;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FERMENTATION; MASS TRANSFER; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; OXYGEN;

AIRLIFT BIOREACTOR; GAS HOLD-UP; INPUT AIR FLOWRATE;

BIOREACTORS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BUBBLE; FERMENTATION; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0033231836     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00215-8     Document Type: Article

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