An approach of segregation in modeling continuous flow tank bioleach systems

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1592-1599

  Kotsiopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Hansford, Geoffrey S ^a   Rawatlal, Randhir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioprocess engineering; Design (process simulation); Extraction; Mathematical modeling; Reactor analysis

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING; REACTOR ANALYSIS;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS; EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 44649174901     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11479     Document Type: Article

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