Terminal settling velocity and bed-expansion characteristics of biofilm- coated particles

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-70

  Nicolella, Cristiano ^a   Van Loosdrecht, Mark M C ^a   Di Felice, Renzo ^b   Rovatti, Mauro ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofilm reactors; Drag coefficient, bed expansion; Liquid fluidized beds

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DRAG; FLUIDIZED BEDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY;

BED EXPANSION CHARACTERISTICS; BIOFILM COATED PARTICLES; BIOFILM REACTORS; DRAG COEFFICIENT; LIQUID FLUIDIZED BEDS; TERMINAL SETTLING VELOCITY;

BIOFILMS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; FLUID FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 0033524381     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990105)62:1<62::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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