Sequential modular simulation of ethanol production in a three-phase fluidized bed bioreactor

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-103

  Sheikhi, Amir ^a,b   Sotudeh Gharebagh, Rahmat ^a   Eslami, Ali ^a   Sohi, Abolhasan Hashemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioreactors; Ethanol production; Glucose; Sequential modular simulation; Three phase fluidized bed

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYST PARTICLE; BUBBLE PHASIS; BYPASS FLOW; CHEMICAL PHENOMENAS; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FEED STREAMS; FERMENTATION PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BED BIOREACTORS; GAS VELOCITY; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID; IMMOBILIZED YEASTS; LIQUID FLOW RATES; MODULAR APPROACH; MODULAR SIMULATION; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; SEQUENTIAL MODULAR SIMULATION; SIMULATION APPROACH; SUBMODELS; THREE PHASE FLUIDIZED BED; THREE PHASIS; THREE-PHASE FLUIDIZED BED BIOREACTORS;

BIOCONVERSION; EMULSIFICATION; FERMENTATION; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GLUCOSE; LIQUIDS; WAKES;

BIOREACTORS;

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; DENSITY; EMULSION; FERMENTATION; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMOBILIZATION; KINETICS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SOLID; VELOCITY; YEAST;

EID: 84858333998     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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