Hydrodynamics and oxygen transfer behaviour of water in diesel microemulsions in a draft tube airlift bioreactor

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 334-342

  Shariati, Farshid Pajoom ^a   Bonakdarpour, Babak ^a   Mehrnia, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diesel; Gas holdup; Hydrodynamics; Internal loop airlift bioreactor; Microemulsion; Oxygen transfer

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIESEL FUELS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROEMULSIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

DIESEL; GAS HOLDUP; INTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT REACTORS; OXYGEN TRANSFER;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; DIESEL FUELS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROEMULSIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

EID: 33846449960     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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