Airlift bioreactors: Review of recent advances

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 324-337

  Merchuk, José C ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactors; Fluid dynamics; Models; Novel design; Photosynthesis; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIRLIFT REACTORS; BIOCHEMICALS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; FLUID DYNAMICS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; RESEARCH; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BIOPROCESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DYNAMICS; LIQUID; MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2942630626     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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