Power consumption and maximum energy dissipation in a milliliter-scale bioreactor

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 595-599

  Hortsch, Ralf ^a   Weuster Botz, Dirk ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation; Milliliter scale; Power characteristics; Power consumption; Power number

Indexed keywords

BIOPROCESSES; DIFFERENT SCALE; FLOCCULATION SYSTEMS; IMPELLER SPEED; LABORATORY SCALE; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; LITERATURE DATA; LOCAL ENERGY; MEAN POWER; NEWTON NUMBER; OPERATING CONDITION; PER UNIT; POWER CHARACTERISTIC; POWER CHARACTERISTICS; POWER CONSUMPTION; REACTION MEDIUM; REACTOR DIAMETER; RUSHTON TURBINES; SCALE-UP; STIRRED TANK; STIRRED TANK BIOREACTORS; STIRRED TANK REACTORS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; FLOCCULATION; FLOW OF WATER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENT FLOW;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; TORQUE;

BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TORQUE;

EID: 77950871036     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.338     Document Type: Article

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