CFD simulation of mixing in anaerobic digesters

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2228-2233

  Terashima, Mitsuharu ^a   Goel, Rajeev ^b   Komatsu, Kazuya ^a   Yasui, Hidenari ^c   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^d   Li, Y Y ^d   Noike, Tatsuya ^e  

^a KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^b Hydromantis Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KITAKYUSHU   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; CFD; Mixing; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS; CFD; CFD MODELS; CFD SIMULATIONS; DEVELOPED MODELS; DYNAMIC VARIATIONS; MIXING TIMES; NEW PARAMETERS; REQUIRED TIMES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; TRACER RESPONSES; UNIFORMITY INDICES; VISUAL PATTERNS;

COLLOIDS; ELASTICITY; MIXING; PLASTICITY; PULP DIGESTERS; RHEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTIMIZATION; RHEOLOGY; SLUDGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SLUDGE; SOLID;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149199542     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.07.069     Document Type: Article

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