Review of Computational fluid dynamics applications in biotechnology processes

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1497-1510

  Sharma, C ^a   Malhotra, D ^a   Rathore, A S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bioprocessing; Centrifugation; Chromatography; Computational fluid dynamics; Fermentation; Freeze drying; Microfiltration; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BIOPROCESSING; BIOTECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; FREEZE DRYING; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; QUALITY BY DESIGNS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRYING; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FERMENTATION; FLUIDS; MICROFILTRATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 82955232424     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.689     Document Type: Article

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