Oxygen transfer in a counter-current fibrous bed bioreactor: Case of liquid recycle

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 17, Issue , 2009, Pages 543-548

  Martinov, Martin ^a   Hadjiev, Dimiter ^a   Vlaev, Serafim D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Gas liquid mass transfer; Physicochemical properties; Three phase fixed bed

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149131361     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET0917091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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