Paddlewheel aerator oxygen transfer efficiencies at three salinities

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-103

  Fast, Arlo W ^a   Tan, Edmundo C ^b   Stevens, Desmond F ^b   Olson, Jeffrey C ^b   Qin, Jianguang ^c   Barclay, David K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b STO Design Group   (United States)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Aquatic Culture and Design   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxygen transfer; Paddlewheel aerator; Re aeration; Water aeration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033006711     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8609(98)00044-2     Document Type: Article

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