Characteristics of local flow dynamics and macro-mixing in airlift column reactors for reliable design and scale-up

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gumery, Farouza ^a   Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a   Dahman, Yaser ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioreactors; Gas holdup; Hydrodynamics; Liquid velocity; Macro mixing; Sparger design

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; DESIGN; FLOW OF GASES; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOSSES; MICROFLUIDICS; PNEUMATICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIR-LIFT BIOREACTORS; GAS HOLD UP; GAS HOLD-UPS; LIQUID VELOCITIES; LOCAL FLOWS; MACRO-MIXING; MEASURING TECHNIQUE; MECHANICAL AGITATION; PNEUMATIC AGITATION; SPARGE DESIGN;

MIXING;

EID: 72449145901     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.2081     Document Type: Article

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