Characterization of flow conditions in 2 L and 20 L wave bioreactors® usingcomputational fluid dynamics

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-110

  Öncul, Alper A ^a   Kalmbach, Andreas ^b,c   Genzel, Yvonne ^c   Reichl, Udo ^a,c   Thévenin, Dominique ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften II   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD; Flow characterization; Multiphase flow; VOF; Wave bioreactor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELLS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CFD; CFD CODES; CFD SIMULATIONS; CONTROL-CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLOW CHARACTERIZATION; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW PROPERTIES; FREE LIQUID SURFACE; IN-CELL; LAMINAR REGIME; LIQUID LEVEL; LIQUID MOTION; LIQUID SHEAR; NEW PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRODUCT FORMATION; STIRRED TANK REACTORS; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROWTH KINETICS; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FLOW KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 76849110240     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.312     Document Type: Article

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