Dispersed plug flow model for upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactors with focus on granular sludge dynamics

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-237

  Kalyuzhnyi, Sergey V ^a   Fedorovich, Vyacheslav V ^a   Lens, Piet ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Mathematical model; Plug flow; Sedimentation; Upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS; GROWTH; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; LAW; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTOR; SEDIMENTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; SOLID; STOICHIOMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33344459365     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-005-0217-2     Document Type: Article

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