Effects of hydrocarbon additions on gas-liquid mass transfer coefficients in biphasic bioreactors

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-250

  da Silva, Teresa Lopes ^a   Calado, Vitor ^a   Silva, Nadia ^a   Mendes, Rui L ^a   Alves, Sebastão S ^b   Vasconcelos, Jorge M T ^b   Reis, Alberto ^a  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CSTR; Dodecane; Flat alveolar airlift bioreactor; Hexadecane; KLa; Oxygen vector

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; DODECANE; HEXADECANE;

AERATION; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AIRLIFT REACTOR; ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTOR OPERATION; RELIABILITY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 33745591902     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02932038     Document Type: Article

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