Hydrodynamic characteristics and mixing behaviour of Sclerotium glucanicum culture fluids in an airlift reactor with an internal loop used for scleroglucan production

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 208-214

  Kang, X ^a   Wang, H ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Harvey, L M ^b   McNeil, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor with an internal loop (ALR IL); Gas hold up; Liquid recirculation velocity; Mixing time; Scleroglucan

Indexed keywords

SCLEROGLUCAN;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; FUNGUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SCLEROTIUM GLUCANICUM; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUCANS; OXYGEN; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

FUNGI; SCLEROTIUM GLUCANICUM;

EID: 0035199984     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.7000171     Document Type: Article

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