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This review article covers the topics of evaluation and experimental determination of oxygen mass transfer coefficients (<italic>kLa</italic>) for their application in characterising bioreactors and fermentations processes. The article provides a comparison of different experimental approaches for determining <italic>kLa</italic> in bioreactors. Additionally, the influence of bioreactor design and fermentation parameters on <italic>kLa</italic> is discussed. The aim of the article is to provide useful information regarding the approaches for selecting bioreactors and their working regimes to achieve optimal fermentation results.
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This review article covers the topics of evaluation and experimental determination of oxygen mass transfer coefficients (kLa) for their application in characterising bioreactors and fermentations processes. The article provides a comparison of different experimental approaches for determining kLa in bioreactors. Additionally, the influence of bioreactor design and fermentation parameters on kLa is discussed. The aim of the article is to provide useful information regarding the approaches for selecting bioreactors and their working regimes to achieve optimal fermentation results.

Oxygen Mass Transfer Coefficient Application in Characterisation of Bioreactors and Fermentation Processes

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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This review article covers the topics of evaluation and experimental determination of oxygen mass transfer coefficients (kLa) for their application in...

Oxygen Mass Transfer Coefficient Application in Characterisation of Bioreactors and Fermentation Processes

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 21 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2022-0038

Keywords
Aeration, bioreactor, biotechnology, fermentations, kLa, mixing

© 2022 J. Vanags et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Oxygen Mass Transfer Coefficient Application in Characterisation of Bioreactors and Fermentation Processes

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 21 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2022-0038

KeywordsAeration, bioreactor, biotechnology, fermentations, kLa, mixing

© 2022 J. Vanags et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Aeration, bioreactor, biotechnology, fermentations, kLa, mixing