Hydrodynamic study of biogranules obtained from an anaerobic hybrid reactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 715-721

  Saravanan, V ^a   Sreekrishnan, T R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bed expansion; Biogranule; Drag coefficient; Terminal settling velocity

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; POROSITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SIZE DETERMINATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BED EXPANSION; BIOGRANULES; DRAG COEFFICIENTS; TERMINAL SETTLING VELOCITY;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; DENSITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY; VELOCITY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; LINEAR MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 24644468108     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20567     Document Type: Article

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