Hydrodynamic behaviour in a new gas-liquid-solid inverse fluidization airlift bioreactor

Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 207-215

  Han, S J ^a,b   Tan, R B H ^b   Loh, K C ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Gas holdup; Inverse fluidized bed; Liquid circulation velocity; Liquid solid bed expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034459092     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/09603080051065313     Document Type: Article

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