Hydrodynamics of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 516-528

  Ren, Ting Ting ^a   Mu, Yang ^a   Ni, Bing Jie ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

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

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Dispersion; Eulerian Eulerian; Hydrodynamics; Model; Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket

Indexed keywords

CFD-SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CONTINUOUSLY STIRRED TANK REACTORS; DEAD ZONES; DISPERSION COEFFICIENTS; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; HYDRODYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; ISC MODELS; LABORATORY-SCALE; MIXING BEHAVIORS; PHASE HOLD-UP; SIMULATION RESULTS; TANK SIZES; UASB REACTORS; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THREE DIMENSIONAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 63449090326     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11667     Document Type: Article

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