Hydrodynamic and oxygen mass transfer in an external loop airlift bioreactor with a packed bed

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-145

  Nikakhtari, Hossein ^a   Hill, Gordon A ^b  

^a SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactors; Dynamic modeling; Gas liquid mass transfer; Hydrodynamics; Oxygen transfer; Packed bed bioreactors

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRLIFT BIOREACTORS; DYNAMIC MODELING; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN TRANSFER; PACKED BED BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS;

OXYGEN; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; EXTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT BIOREACTOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS; MODEL; PACKED BED REACTOR; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIRRED REACTOR;

EID: 26444569873     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2005.08.014     Document Type: Article

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