Polysaccharide concentration and molecular weight effects on the oxygen mass transfer in a reciprocating plate bioreactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 507-517

  Audet, Julie ^a   Thibault, Jules ^a   LeDuy, Anh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

bioreactor, reciprocating plate; molecular weight; oxygen mass transfer coefficient; polysaccharide fermentation

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; FERMENTATION; MACROMOLECULES; MASS TRANSFER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

OXYGEN MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; RECIPROCATING PLATE BIOREACTORS; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

DEXTRAN; OXYGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGEN TRANSPORT;

EID: 10244256356     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19961120)52:4<507::AID-BIT6>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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