The bubble-induced mixing in starch-to-ethanol fermenters

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2122-2128

  Zhang, H L ^a   Baeyens, J ^a   Tan, T W ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Fermentation; Mixing; Model; Starch; Tracer experiments

Indexed keywords

COMBINED ACTIONS; EXTERNAL RECYCLE; FERMENTATION BROTHS; GAS BUBBLE; LIQUID LEVEL; LIQUID MIXING; MODEL APPROACH; TRACER EXPERIMENT;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FERMENTERS; IMPELLERS; LIQUIDS; MODELS; RECYCLING; STARCH;

MIXING;

EID: 84870242966     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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