Volumetric power consumption in baffled shake flasks

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3771-3779

  Peter, Cyril P ^a   Suzuki, Yusuke ^b   Rachinskiy, Kirill ^a   Lotter, Stefan ^a   Büchs, Jochen ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baffled shake flasks; Bioreactor; Fermentation; Hydrodynamics; Mixing; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CULTIVATION; FERMENTATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROORGANISMS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

BAFFLED SHAKE FLASKS; NEWTON NUMBER NE′; OXYGENATION; VOLUMETRIC POWER CONSUMPTION; WETTED STERILE PLUGS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CULTIVATION; FERMENTATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROORGANISMS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33645511639     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.12.020     Document Type: Article

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