Airlift bioreactor for biological applications with microbubble mediated transport processes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 243-253

  AL Mashhadani, Mahmood K H ^a   Wilkinson, Stephen J ^b   Zimmerman, William B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; COMSOL Mutiphysics; Fluidic oscillation; Microbubbles

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; DRAG; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXING;

AIR-LIFT BIOREACTORS; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; COMSOL MUTIPHYSICS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; FLUIDIC OSCILLATION; GAS BUBBLE DISTRIBUTION; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; MICROBUBBLES;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 84936763586     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.06.032     Document Type: Article

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