An alternative approach of UASB dynamic modeling

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3269-3276

  Vlyssides, Apostolos ^a   Barampouti, Elli Maria ^a   Mai, Sofia ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biological reactions; Dynamic model; Physicochemical reactions; Thermodynamic data

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; DYNAMIC MODEL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC DATA;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 37749017198     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11342     Document Type: Article

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