| Symbol | Unit | Description | ||
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[m] | Impeller off‐bottom clearance | ||
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[m] | Impeller mutual clearance | ||
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Smagorinsky constant (LES) | ||
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[mol/kg] | Substrate concentration | ||
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[g/kg] | Biomass concentration (Eulerian) | ||
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Courant number | ||
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[m] | Shaft diameter | ||
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[m] | Impeller diameter | ||
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[m2/s] | Diffusion coefficient (glucose in water) | ||
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[mol/s] | Substrate feed rate (general) | ||
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[m] | Liquid filled height | ||
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[m2/s2] | Turbulent kinetic energy | ||
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[mol/kg] | Substrate affinity constant | ||
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Total number of parcels | ||
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[RPM] | Agitation rate | ||
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Grid divisions, x‐direction | ||
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Power number, torque | ||
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Power number, dissipation | ||
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[mols/gdw/s] | Specific uptake rate, substrate | ||
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[mols/gdw/s] | Maximum specific uptake rate, substrate | ||
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[m] | Radial coordinate | ||
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[m] | Impeller radius | ||
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[m] | Tank radius | ||
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[s] | Time (general) | ||
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[s] | Timestep size (general) | ||
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[s] | Timestep size, parcel tracking | ||
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[s] | Timestep size, parcel data writing | ||
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[m] | Tank diameter | ||
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[m/s] | Fluctuating velocity | ||
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[m/s] | Radial velocity | ||
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[m/s] | Impeller tip speed | ||
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[m3] | Volume | ||
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[m] | Grid spacing | ||
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(metabolite) ‐ (enzyme) |
Intracellular pool size | ||
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[m] | Axial coordinate |