Numerical study of substrate assimilation by a microorganism exposed to fluctuating concentration

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-19

  Linkès, Marion ^a,b   Martins Afonso, Marco ^a,b,d   Fede, Pascal ^a,b   Morchain, JérÔme ^c   Schmitz, Philippe ^c  

^a IMFT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c INSA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biological engineering; Bioreactors; Diffusion; Numerical analysis; Simulation; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; CELL LEVELS; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; FAR-FIELD; FAR-FIELD SIGNALS; INTERFACIAL CONCENTRATIONS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SIMULATION; TIME-AVERAGED; TIME-SCALES; TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UNSTEADY CONDITIONS; UPTAKE RATE;

BIOREACTORS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SUBSTRATES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84864050475     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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