Acceleration of mass transfer in loop reactors

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 311-319

  Van Den Heuvel, J C ^a   Verschuren, P G ^a   Ottengraf, S P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Anaerobic digestion; Convective mass transfer; Gaslift reactors; Intraparticle convection; Loop reactors; Methanogenic granules; Pressure cycling

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCATALYSTS; BIOFILMS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOGENS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

BREATHING PARTICLE MECHANISM; GASLIFT REACTORS; LOOP REACTORS; METHANOGENIC GRANULES;

BIOREACTORS;

ACCELERATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DIFFUSION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030814483     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00338-7     Document Type: Article

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