BiRD

A toolbox to simulate and analyze different designs of bioreactors in OpenFOAM.
https://github.com/NatLabRockies/BioReactorDesign

Category: Renewable Energy
Sub Category: Bioenergy

Keywords

bioreactor inverse-modelling meshing openfoam postprocessing

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Bio Reactor Design (BiRD): a toolbox to simulate and analyze different designs of bioreactors in OpenFOAM

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/NatLabRockies/BioReactorDesign
• Owner: NatLabRockies
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2023-05-17T00:21:33.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-02-19T16:43:59.000Z (14 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-02-24T05:36:22.568Z (9 days ago)
• Topics: bioreactor, inverse-modelling, meshing, openfoam, postprocessing
• Language: Liquid
• Homepage: https://natlabrockies.github.io/BioReactorDesign/
• Size: 120 MB
• Stars: 34
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 14
• Open Issues: 9
• Releases: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

README.md

cd tutorial_cases/bubble_column_20L
bash run.sh

conda create -c conda-forge --name bird python=3.10 paraview
conda activate bird
git clone https://github.com/NatLabRockies/BioReactorDesign.git
cd BioReactorDesign
pip install -e .

conda create -c conda-forge --name bird python=3.10 paraview
conda activate bird
pip install nlr-bird=={version}

@article{hassanaly2025bayesian,
  title={Bayesian calibration of bubble size dynamics applied to CO2 gas fermenters},
  author={Hassanaly, Malik and Parra-Alvarez, John M and Rahimi, Mohammad J and Municchi, Federico and Sitaraman, Hariswaran},
  journal={Chemical Engineering Research and Design},
  volume={215},
  pages={312--328},
  year={2025},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}

@article{rahimi2018computational,
  title={Computational fluid dynamics study of full-scale aerobic bioreactors: Evaluation of gas--liquid mass transfer, oxygen uptake, and dynamic oxygen distribution},
  author={Rahimi, Mohammad J and Sitaraman, Hariswaran and Humbird, David and Stickel, Jonathan J},
  journal={Chemical Engineering Research and Design},
  volume={139},
  pages={283--295},
  year={2018},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}

@article{sitaraman2023reacting,
  title={A reacting multiphase computational flow model for 2, 3-butanediol synthesis in industrial-scale bioreactors},
  author={Sitaraman, Hariswaran and Lischeske, James and Lu, Yimin and Stickel, Jonathan},
  journal={Chemical Engineering Research and Design},
  volume={197},
  pages={38--52},
  year={2023},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}

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• Name: National Laboratory of the Rockies
• Login: NatLabRockies
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• Kind: organization
• Description:
• Website: http://www.nrel.gov
• Location: Golden, CO
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