Correlating gas-liquid mass transfer in a stirred-tank reactor

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 84, Issue 3 A, 2006, Pages 239-245

  Kapic, A ^a   Heindel, Theodore J ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactors; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Scale up; Stirred tank reactor

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DISPERSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOW; SCALE-UP TECHNIQUE; STIRRED-TANK REACTOR;

MASS TRANSFER;

BIOREACTORS; DISPERSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 33744517196     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.05117     Document Type: Article

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