Macromixing hydrodynamic study in draft-tube airlift reactors using electrical resistance tomography

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-144

  Gumery, Farouza ^a   Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a   Dahman, Yaser ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; Hydrodynamics; Measuring techniques; Mixing; Tomography

Indexed keywords

AIR-LIFT BIOREACTORS; AIR-LIFT REACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; CIRCULATION VELOCITY; DRAFT TUBES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW RESISTANCE; FLUID VISCOSITY; FRICTIONAL LOSS; GAS DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LIQUID CIRCULATION VELOCITY; MACROMIXING; MEASURING TECHNIQUE; MIXING CHARACTERISTICS; MIXING TIME; NON-INTRUSIVE; OPERATING PARAMETERS; SHEAR RATES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; XANTHAN GUM;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; FLOCCULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

MIXING;

SUGAR; XANTHAN;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAFT TUBE AIRLIFT REACTOR; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROMIXING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SHEAR RATE; TOMOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

BIOREACTORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79251619746     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-010-0454-2     Document Type: Article

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