Enhancement of Oxygen Mass Transfer and Gas Holdup Using Palm Oil in Stirred Tank Bioreactors with Xanthan Solutions as Simulated Viscous Fermentation Broths

Table 1

Rheological characteristics of xanthan solution at different palm oil fractions.

Palm oil volume fraction (%)	Flow index, n	Consistency index, K (𝑐P^𝑛)
0	0.4243	1108
5	0.4228	1191
10	0.4217	1280
15	0.4214	1334
20	0.4009	1399
50	0.344	2526