Modelling of the substrate heterogeneities experienced by a limited microbial population in scale-down and in large-scale bioreactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-167

  Delvigne, F ^a   Lejeune, A ^a   Destain, J ^a   Thonart, P ^a,b  

^a WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Modelling; Scale down; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; MIXING;

LARGE SCALE REACTORS; MODELING; SCALE-DOWN; STOCHASTIC;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; MIXING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33745174167     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.03.034     Document Type: Article

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