Analysis of particle strain in stirred bioreactors by drop breakage investigations

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 979-992

  Maaß, Sebastian ^a   Buscher, Susanne ^a   Hermann, Stephanie ^a   Kraume, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daughter drops size distribution; Liquid liquid dispersion; Number of daughter drops; Population balance equation; Scale up

Indexed keywords

DAUGHTER DROPS SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSIONS; NUMBER OF DAUGHTER DROPS; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; SCALE-UP;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIQUIDS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DROPS;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; KERNEL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; STIRRED REACTOR; TURBULENT FLOW;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERMENTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; TOLUENE; WATER;

EID: 79961199086     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201100161     Document Type: Article

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