Mass transfer of carbon dioxide in anaerobic reactors under dynamic substrate loading conditions

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2011-2020

  Merkel, Wolf ^a,b   Krauth, Karlheinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b IWW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic wastewater treatment; Carbon dioxide; Liquid gas mass transfer; Mass transfer coefficient k(L)a; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE;

ANAEROBIC REACTORS; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BICARBONATE; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; CARBON DIOXIDE; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PH; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032972982     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00434-5     Document Type: Article

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