Study of hydrodynamics in microcarrier culture spinner vessels: A particle tracking velocimetry approach

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 456-466

  Venkat, Raghavan V ^a   Stock, Louis R ^a,b   Chalmers, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D particle tracking; energy dissipation; microcarrier culture; turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CALCULATIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAPHIC METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

HIGH ENERGY CONVERGING FLOW REGION; IMPELLERS; MICROCARRIER SPINNER VESSEL; PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY; TRAILING VORTEX REGION; TURBULENT MIXING;

BIOREACTORS;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 13344295102     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960220)49:4<456::AID-BIT13>3.3.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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