Mixing and mass transfer in a pilot scale U-loop bioreactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 344-354

  Petersen, Leander A H ^a,b   Villadsen, John ^a   Jørgensen, Sten B ^a   Gernaey, Krist V ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UniBio a s   (Denmark)

Author keywords

loop bioreactors; mass transfer; mixing; power input; SCP; U loop

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; FERMENTERS; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; IMPELLERS; LIQUIDS; MIXING;

GAS-TO-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; LIQUID AND GAS FLOW; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LOOP REACTORS; NOVEL CONSTRUCTION; POWER INPUT; SINGLE CELL PROTEINS; SPECIFIC POWER INPUTS;

MASS TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; FLOW RATE; GAS; GAS MIXING; IMPELLER; LIQUID; MASS; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; NONHUMAN; U LOOP BIOREACTOR; VOLUMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHYLOCOCCUS; PILOT STUDY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

GAS;

BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FERMENTATION; GASES; METHYLOCOCCUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84997208450     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.26084     Document Type: Article

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