Sludge blanket height and flow pattern in UASB reactors: Temperature effects

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 895-900

  Singh, Kripa Shankar ^a   Viraraghavan, Thiruvenkatachari ^b   Bhattacharyya, Debraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow patterns; Municipal wastes; Simulation; Sludge; Temperature effects; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB) REACTORS; MUNICIPAL WASTES; SLUDGE BLANKET HEIGHT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; FLOW PATTERN; SIMULATION; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 33746138847     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:8(895)     Document Type: Article

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