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Table 3. Impeller types used in bioreactorsa.
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Impeller |
Flow |
NP |
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Disk turbine |
radial |
6.0 |
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Flat blade turbine |
radial |
2.8 |
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Pitched blade turbine |
axial |
1.2 |
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Curved blade turbine |
radial |
2.8 |
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Hydrofoil |
axial |
0.3 |
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Gas dispersing hydrofoil |
axial |
0.8 |
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Marine helix |
axial |
0.3 |
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Bar turbine |
radial |
0.7 |
| a Dickey and Fenic, 1976; Kubera and Oldshue, 1992. |
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