Prediction of mass transfer coefficients in non-Newtonian fermentation media using first-principles methods

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1329-1334

  Radl, Stefan ^a   Khinast, Johannes G ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Mass transfer; Non Newtonian liquids; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERMENTATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MASS TRANSFER; NEWTONIAN FLOW;

DEFORMABLE BOUNDARIES; NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FERMENTATION MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SHEAR RATE; SIMULATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERMENTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 34547603601     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21323     Document Type: Article

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