Modeling of local dynamic behavior of phenol degradation in an internal loop airlift bioreactor by yeast Candida tropicalis

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-264

  Feng, Wei ^a   Wen, Jianping ^a   Liu, Cuiyun ^b   Yuan, Qing ^a   Jia, Xiaoqiang ^a   Sun, Yan ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Candida tropicalis; CFD; Dynamic behavior; Modeling; Phenol degradation

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; YEAST;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS; INTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT REACTOR (ILALR); PHENOL BIODEGRADATION; PHENOL CONCENTRATION; PHENOL DEGRADATION; TRANSIENT FLOW PATTERNS;

PHENOLS;

PHENOL;

ANEMOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; YEAST;

AIR MOVEMENTS; BIOREACTORS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; GASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOL;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 34249812377     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21215     Document Type: Article

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