Gas-lift digester configuration effects on mixing effectiveness

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3051-3060

  Karim, Khursheed ^a   Thoma, Gregory J ^a   Al Dahhan, Muthanna H ^b  

^a 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Baffle; Digester; Draft tube; Gas lift; Mixing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; VISCOSITY;

GAS-LIFT DIGESTER; MIXING PATTERN; VISCOSITY INDEX;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; VISCOSITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS; MIXING; MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34250688347     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.03.042     Document Type: Article

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