Numerical simulation of air flow through a biofilter with heterogeneous porous media

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2156-2161

  Yan, Wei Wei ^a,b   Liu, Yang ^b   Xu, You Sheng ^a,b   Yang, Xiang Long ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Lattice Boltzmann simulation; Porous flow

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

DARCY NUMBER; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BIOFILTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; BIOFILTRATION; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AIR; FILTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 38849184805     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.05.038     Document Type: Article

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