CFD analysis of interphase mass transfer and energy dissipation in a milliliter-scale stirred-tank reactor for filamentous microorganisms

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 240-248

  Brüning, Stefanie ^a   Weuster Botz, Dirk ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Free surface; Gas liquid two phase flow; Oxygen mass transfer coefficient kLa; Unbaffled stirred tank

Indexed keywords

FILAMENTOUS MICROORGANISMS; FREE SURFACES; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; INTER-PHASE MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN MASS TRANSFER; STIRRED TANK; STIRRED TANK BIOREACTORS; TRANSITIONAL FLOW REGIMES;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; PHASE INTERFACES; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TWO PHASE FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84893016258     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.07.024     Document Type: Article

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