title: Characteristics of three-phase internal loop airlift bioreactors with complete gas recirculation for non-Newtonian fluids.
abstract: Hydrodynamic and gas-liquid mass transfer characteristics, such as liquid velocity, gas holdup, solid holdup and gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient, in the riser and downcomer of the gas-liquid-solid three-phase internal loop airlift bioreactors with complete gas recirculation for non-Newtonian fluids, were investigated. A mathematical model for the description of flow behavior and gas-liquid mass transfer of these bioreactors was developed. The predicted results of this model agreed well with the experimental data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China. jpwen@tju.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Xiaoqiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Xianrui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical
chemical_list: D005740:Gases