Investigation of mixing characteristics in a packed-bed external loop airlift bioreactor using tomography images

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 213, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-61

  Hamood ur Rehman, Mian ^a   Dahman, Yaser ^a   Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioreactors; Internal gas redistributor; Mixing; Packed bed; Superficial liquid velocity; Tomography

Indexed keywords

AIR-LIFT BIOREACTORS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DOWN-COMER; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT BIOREACTORS; INTERNAL GAS REDISTRIBUTOR; LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID HEIGHT; MIXING CHARACTERISTICS; MIXING TIME; NON-INTRUSIVE; NUMBER AND SIZE; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; SUPERFICIAL LIQUID VELOCITY; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE; WORKING FLUID;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; BUBBLE COLUMNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GASES; LIQUIDS; PACKED BEDS; TOMOGRAPHY;

MIXING;

EID: 84868253130     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.09.106     Document Type: Article

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