Bioreactor Engineering

Author: Zhang Yuaxing, Xu Xueshu edited
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Publishing Time: 2001-10-01
Features: "Bioreactor Engineering" is a professional foundational theory monograph that integrates engineering knowledge. The theoretical foundation of this book includes chemical reaction engineering, bioreaction engineering, reactor analysis, and biochemical engineering, with a focus on analyzing various types of bioreactors under different operating methods and influencing factors. The book is divided into three parts. Part "Principles of Bioreaction" consists of three chapters, discussing enzyme kinetics, cell growth kinetics, and heat balance during microbial cultivation; the second part "Principles of Bioreactor" comprises eight chapters, covering the physical processes accompanying bioreactions in reactors and their impacts, reactor flow patterns, operating methods, stability, and other fundamental theories related to reactor scaling; the third part "Various Types of Bioreactors" includes five chapters, separately discussing common stirred reactors, aeration reactors, airlift reactors, membrane reactors, fixed-bed reactors, and liquefaction-bed reactors in industrial and research settings. Based on the characteristics of different reactors, their structures, momentum transfer, heat transfer, and mass transfer are described and analyzed. This book emphasizes theoretical analysis and practical application discussions, providing numerous references and reading materials. It can serve as a textbook for graduate students and a reference for researchers. Selecting certain chapters can also be used as a textbook for undergraduate students.