Local characteristics of hydrodynamics in draft tube airlift bioreactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3057-3068

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactors; CARPT; Hydrodynamics; Multiphase flow; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FLOW STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TURBULENCE;

AIRLIFT BIOREACTORS; LIQUID CIRCULATION VELOCITY;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS; FLOW STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 43249108529     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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