Macro-mixing in a draft-tube airlift bioreactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1572-1585

  Luo, Hu Ping ^a   Al Dahhan, Muthanna H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactors; CARPT; Hydrodynamics; Macro mixing; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRLIFT BIOREACTORS; CARPT; MACRO-MIXING;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 38949205589     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.11.027     Document Type: Article

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