Bubble column bioreactors: Comparison with stirred fermenters based on local gas hold-up distribution

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 535-542

  Vlaev, Serafim D ^a   Fialova, Marie ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bubble column and impeller dispersion; Local gas hold up; Viscous and shear thinning liquids

Indexed keywords

FERMENTERS; PLASTICITY; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW; WATER AERATION;

GAS HOLD-UP; SHEAR-THINNING LIQUIDS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

SUCROSE; WATER; XANTHAN;

BIOREACTOR; BUBBLE COLUMN; FERMENTATION; GAS ANALYZER; HOLD-UP; SHEAR THINNING;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BIOREACTOR; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; GAS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SACCHAROMYCES; SHEAR STRESS; STREPTOMYCES FRADIAE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 2942661345     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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