Modeling and simulation of airlift bioreactors

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-81

  Znad, H ^a   Bales V ^a   Markos J ^a   Kawase, Y ^b  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; Bioreactors; Dissolved oxygen; Gluconic acid; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; MICROORGANISMS;

AIRLIFT BIOREACTORS; GLUCONIC ACID;

BIOREACTORS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLUCONIC ACID; GLUCOSE;

AIR; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3142680777     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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