Distribution of oxygen transfer rate in stirred bioreactors with simulated broths

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-211

  Galaction, Anca Irina ^a   Cǎmǎruţ, Ştefánica ^b   Caşcaval, Dan ^b   Tudose, Radu Z ^b  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

k1a; Mass transfer; Mass transfer coefficient; Specific power input; Stirred bioreactor; Superficial velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649103193     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2008.034     Document Type: Article

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