The effect of low-power microwaves on the growth of bacterial populations in a plug flow reactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1270-1278

  Carta, Renzo ^a   Desogus, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth rate constant; Low power radiation; Microwave; PFR; Thermal effect

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CLAUSII; BACTERIAL POPULATION; BACTERIAL SPECIES; GROWTH CONSTANTS; GROWTH OF BACTERIA; LOW POWER; LOW POWER RADIATION; MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS; MICROWAVE RADIATIONS; MINIMUM VALUE; PFR; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REACTING MIXTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MICROWAVES; PIPE FLOW; RADIO WAVES; RATE CONSTANTS;

BACTERIA;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CLAUSII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77953947359     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12034     Document Type: Article

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