Mixing studies in a model aerated bioreactor equipped with an up- or a down-pumping 'Elephant Ear' agitator: Power, hold-up and aerated flow field measurements

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-317

  Zhu, Hui ^a   Nienow, Alvin W ^a   Bujalski, Waldek ^a   Simmons, Mark J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Elephant Ears' impeller; Bioreactor; Gas liquid flow; Hold up; PIV; Power

Indexed keywords

AIR; AXIAL FLOW; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; BLOWERS; CELL CULTURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; EXPLOSIVE ACTUATED DEVICES; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW RATE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; KINETIC ENERGY; LIQUIDS; POTENTIAL FLOW; PUMPS; TURBULENCE;

'ELEPHANT EARS' IMPELLER; BIOREACTOR; GAS-LIQUID FLOW; HOLD-UP; PIV; POWER;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

EID: 60249089699     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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