Dimensional analysis for modeling oxygen transfer in rotating biological contactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3721-3728

  Chavan, Anal ^a   Mukherji, Suparna ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Dimensional analysis; Mass transfer coefficient; Oxygen transfer; RBC; Scale up

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN;

DIMENSIONLESS GROUPS; OXYGEN TRANSFER NUMBER (OTN); ROTATIONAL SPEED;

MASS TRANSFER;

OXYGEN; WATER;

FUNCTION EVALUATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN;

BIOREACTOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; TURBULENCE; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; FILM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SCALE UP; TANK; THICKNESS; TURBULENT FLOW; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY;

BIOREACTORS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN;

EID: 43849104499     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.07.021     Document Type: Article

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