These findings emphasise the importance of optimising and understanding antifoam addition to bioprocesses.
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Liquid circulation was increased in the antifoam system, but reduced in the presence of wettable suspended solids.
Waheed A. Al-Masry 2006, 'Effects of Design and Operating Parameters on Hydrodynamics of Circulating BubbleColumns with Open Channel Gas Separators', Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018363918308365. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The gas-liquid dispersion property was varied by using various concentrations of additives like antifoam, alcohol and wettable suspended solids.
Waheed A. Al-Masry 2006, 'Effects of Design and Operating Parameters on Hydrodynamics of Circulating BubbleColumns with Open Channel Gas Separators', Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018363918308365. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Commercial additives, such as deflocculants, biocides, antifoam agents, binders, lubricants and plasticizers are thus applied to ceramic slips.
Angela M. Garcia-Sanchez, Bernardino Machado-Moreira, Mário Freire, Ricardo Santos,Sílvia Monteiro, Diamantino Dias, Orquídia Neves, Amélia Dionísio, Ana Z. Miller 2019, 'Characterization of Microbial Communities Associated with Ceramic Raw Materials asPotential Contributors for the Improvement of Ceramic Rheological Properties', Mineralshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/5/316. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
No foam formation was observed under wave-mixed cultivation conditions, which made the addition of antifoam agents needless.
Tutku Kurt, Anna-Maria Marbà-Ardébol, Zeynep Turan, Peter Neubauer, Stefan Junne,Vera Meyer 2018, 'Rocking Aspergillus: morphology-controlled cultivation of Aspergillus niger in a wave-mixedbioreactor for the production of secondary metabolites', Microbial Cell Factorieshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-018-0975-y. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)