Bridging the gap between membrane bio-reactor (MBR) pilot and plant studies

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 861-871

  Kang, Chang Wei ^a   Hua, Jinsong ^b   Lou, Jing ^a   Liu, Wenjun ^c   Jordan, Edward ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Siemens Water Technologies Corp   (United States)

^d Siemens Water Technologies Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Membrane bio reactor; Multiphase; Pilot and plant system

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POROUS MATERIALS;

AIR VELOCITIES; DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FILTRATION FLUXES; FLOW CIRCULATIONS; FLOW REGIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; MULTIPHASE; MULTIPHASE MODELS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PILOT AND PLANT SYSTEM; PILOT SYSTEMS; PLANT OPERATIONS; PLANT SIMULATIONS; PLANT STUDIES; PLANT SYSTEMS; POROUS MEDIUMS; SINGLE MODULES; TANK SIZES; THEORETICAL ESTIMATIONS;

FILTRATION;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIQUID; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THEORETICAL STUDY; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 55549084499     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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