Dynamic modeling of local reaction conditions in an agitated aerobic fermenter

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1673-1689

  Laakkonen, Marko ^a   Moilanen, Pasi ^a   Alopaeus, Ville ^a   Aittamaa, Juhani ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bubble phenomena; Fermentation; Mass transfer; Mixing; Xanthan

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FERMENTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REACTION KINETICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AEROBIC FERMENTERS; BUBBLE PHENOMENA; DYNAMIC MODELS; XANTHAN;

FERMENTERS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FERMENTATION; FERMENTERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REACTION KINETICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33646357232     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10782     Document Type: Article

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