Dynamic and local gas holdup studies in external loop recirculating airlift reactor with two rolls of fiberglass packing using electrical resistance tomography

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 887-896

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

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance tomography (ert); External loop airlift bioreactor; Gas holdup; Multiphase flow; Tomograms

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT BIOREACTORS; GAS HOLD UP; INTERFACIAL MASS TRANSFER; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; TOMOGRAMS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GLASS FIBERS; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OXYGEN; TOMOGRAPHY;

GASES;

GLASS FIBER; OXYGEN;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL LOOP RECIRCULATING AIRLIFT REACTOR; GAS; PACKAGING MATERIAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 84876313547     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.3917     Document Type: Article

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