CFD modelling of two-phase stirred bioreaction systems by segregated solution of the Euler-Euler model

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-120

  Elqotbi, M ^a   Vlaev, S D ^b   Montastruc, L ^a,c   Nikov, I ^a  

^a Cité scientifique   (France)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Gluconic acid; KLa; Modelling; Stirred reactor; Viscosity effects

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOPROCESSES; BIOREACTOR SYSTEM; CFD MODELLING; EULER-EULER MODEL; GLUCONIC ACIDS; GRID CELLS; IMPELLER-INDUCED FLOW; KINETIC CONDITIONS; MULTIPLE ITERATIONS; NAVIER STOKES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OXYGEN MASS TRANSFER; SOLUTION STRATEGY; STIRRED REACTORS; VISCOSITY EFFECTS;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MODELS; VISCOSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84866487983     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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