Oxygen transfer prediction in aeration tanks using CFD

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7163-7171

  Fayolle, Yannick ^a   Cockx, Arnaud ^b   Gillot, Sylvie ^a   Roustan, Michel ^b   Héduit, Alain ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LISPB   (France)

Author keywords

Aeration; Bubble; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Multiphase flow; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MULTIPHASE FLOW;

AERATION; BUBBLE DIFFUSERS; OXYGEN TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MULTIPHASE FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 36148965507     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.082     Document Type: Article

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