Monitoring gradient formation in a jet aerated bioreactor

• Published in: Engineering in life sciences Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 159 - 167
• Main Authors: Weber, Sebastian, Schaepe, Sebastian, Freyer, Stephan, Kopf, Michael‐Helmut, Dietzsch, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.03.2019
• Subjects: dissolved oxygen gradient; jet loop reactor; macromixing; mass transfer; micromixing; dissolved oxygen gradient; jet loop reactor; micromixing; mass transfer; macromixing

Jet aerated loop reactors (JLRs) provide high mass transfer coefficients (kLa) and can be used for the intensification of mass transfer limited reactions. The jet loop reactor achieves higher kLa values than a stirred tank reactor (STR). The improvement relies on significantly higher local power inp...