Effect of scale-up on average shear rates for aerated non-newtonian liquids in external loop airlift reactors

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 494-498

  Al Masry, Waheed A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Bulk shear rate; Newtonian; Non Newtonian; Wall shear rate

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; GLYCEROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; SOLUTIONS; WALL FLOW;

AIRLIFT LOOP REACTORS; XANTHAN GUM;

NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033585844     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990220)62:4<494::AID-BIT14>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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