Oxygen transfer in three-phase airlift and stirred tank reactors using silicone oil as transfer vector

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 619-624

  Quijano, Guillermo ^a   Revah, Sergio ^b   Gutiérrez Rojas, Mariano ^c   Flores Cotera, Luis B ^a   Thalasso, Frédéric ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE PROCESOS Y TECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

kLa; Mathematical modeling; Multiphase reactors; OTR; Silicone oil; Transfer vectors

Indexed keywords

KLA; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MULTIPHASE REACTORS; OTR; SILICONE OIL; TRANSFER VECTORS;

MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN; OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VECTORS;

SILICONES;

EID: 64749088680     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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