Simulation of citric acid production by rotating disk contactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 689-696

  Sakurai, Akihiko ^a   Imai, Hiroshi ^b   Takenaka, Yoshiyuki ^b   Sakakibara, Mikio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Biofilm; Citric acid; Rotating disk contactor; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GROWTH KINETICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OXYGEN;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CITRIC ACID; LUEDEKING PIRET EQUATION; MONOD CELL GROWTH; ROTATING DISK CONTACTORS (RDC);

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

CITRIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DEVICE; DIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0343487589     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19971220)56:6<689::AID-BIT12>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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