Shear rate in stirred tank and bubble column bioreactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Sanchez Perez J A ^a   Rodriguez Porcel E M ^a   Casas Lopez J L ^a   Fernandez Sevilla J M ^a   Chisti, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agitation; Bioreactors; Bubble columns; Mixing; Shear rate; Stirred tanks

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; POWER LAW FLUIDS; SHEAR RATE; STIRRED TANKS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; IMPELLERS; MIXING; TURBULENT FLOW;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS; BUBBLE COLUMNS; IMPELLERS; MIXING; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33750028071     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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