Study of hydrodynamics, mass transfer, energy consumption, and biomass production from natural gas in a forced-liquid vertical tubular loop bioreactor

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-200

  Yazdian, F ^a   Hajiabbas, M Pesaran ^a   Shojaosadati, S A ^a   Nosrati, M ^a   Vasheghani Farahani, E ^a   Mehrnia, M R ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biomass; Gas hold up; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Mixing; Vertical tubular loop bioreactor

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS GAS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; GAS HOLD-UP; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; LIQUID FLOW RATES; MASS-TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MIXING TIME; NEW CORRELATIONS; OPERATIONAL FACTORS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE; MIXING; NATURAL GAS;

GASES;

NATURAL GAS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77249125826     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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