Development of a laminar flow bioreactor by computational fluid dynamics

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 455-476

  Israelowitz, Meir ^a   Weyand, Birgit ^b   Rizvi, Syed ^a   Vogt, Peter M ^b   Von Schroeder, Herbert P ^a,c,d,e  

^a Biomimetics Technologies   (Canada)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer graphic mesh; Fluid flow simulations; Laminar flow

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; DESIGN; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LAMINAR FLOW; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

BIOREACTOR DESIGN; BYPASS SYSTEMS; CELLULAR GROWTH; FLOW STAGNATION; MODEL SIMULATION; POROUS SCAFFOLD; PRESSURE BUILD UP; PRESSURE RELEASE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84866558810     PISSN: 20402295     EISSN: 20402309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/2040-2295.3.3.455     Document Type: Article

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