Flow field in a shrinking-bed reactor for pretreatment of cellulosic biomass

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part A Enzyme Engineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 593-602

  Wan, Yinkun ^a   Hanley, Thomas R ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulosic biomass; Computational fluid dynamics; Flow field; Hydrolysis; Shrinking bed reactor

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CELLULOSE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE;

EID: 19244369909     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ABAB:107:1-3:593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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