Dispersion analysis of an acidogenic UASB reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-189

  Ren, Ting Ting ^a   Mu, Yang ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a   Harada, Hideki ^b   Li, Yu You ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidogenesis; Dispersion; Hydrodynamics; Model; Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB)

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACIDOGENESIS; ACIDOGENIC; AXIAL DISPERSIONS; DISPERSION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION BEHAVIORS; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; DISPERSION MODEL (DM); HYDRAULIC LOADING RATE (HLR); MODEL PARAMETERS; SQUARED DIFFERENCES; UASB REACTORS; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB) REACTORS;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 48549103734     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.11.028     Document Type: Article

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