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A mathematical model is developed to describe the performance of a three-phase fluidized bed reactor utilizing a transverse magnetic field. The model is based on the axially dispersed plug flow model for the bulk of liquid phase and on the Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The model equations are solved by the explicit finite difference method from transient to steady state conditions. The results of the numerical simulation indicate that the magnetic field increases the degree of bioconversion. The mathematical model is experimentally verified in a three-phase fluidized bed reactor with Penicillium chrysogenum immobilized on magnetic beads. The experimental results are well described by the developed model when the reactor operates in the stabilized regime. At low and relatively high magnetic field intensities certain discrepancy in the model solution is observed when the model over estimates the product concentration.
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Received: 12 August 1999
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Al-Qodah, Z. Antibiotics production in a fluidized bed reactor utilizing a transverse magnetic field. Bioprocess Engineering 22, 299–308 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004490050736
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004490050736