Relationship between oxygen mass transfer rate and power consumption by vertical shaft aerators

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1325-1332

  Ognean, Teodor ^a  

^a National Company of Mineral Waters   (Romania)

Author keywords

Active volume; Energy transfer area; Mass transfer area; Oxygen mass transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN;

VERTICAL SHAFT AERATORS;

WATER AERATION;

AERATION; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031172465     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00357-0     Document Type: Article

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