Effects of colloidal fouling and gas sparging on microfiltration of yeast suspension

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 407-413

  Gupta, B Sen ^a   Hasan, S ^b   Hashim, M A ^c   Cui, Z F ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flux enhancement; Gas sparging; Microfiltration; Yeast

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MICROFILTRATION; POLARIZATION; YEAST;

FLUX ENHANCEMENT; GAS SPARGING; LIQUID FLOW RATE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW RATE; FOULING CONTROL; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS FLOW; LIQUID; MICROFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

CELL SEPARATION; COLLOIDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GASES; MICROFLUIDICS; PILOT PROJECTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 28244451329     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-005-0012-5     Document Type: Article

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