Yield stress and rheological characteristics of activated sludge in an airlift membrane bioreactor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 334, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 83-90

  Yang, Fei ^a   Bick, Amos ^b,c   Shandalov, Semion ^a   Brenner, Asher ^a   Oron, Gideon ^a,d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c SHENKAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Airlift membrane bioreactor; Rheology; Static and dynamic yield stress

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGES; AIRLIFT MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; CO EXISTENCES; CONCENTRATION RANGES; DESERT CONDITIONS; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC REGIMES; MASS TRANSPORTS; OXYGEN TRANSFERS; PLATE GEOMETRIES; POWER REQUIREMENTS; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; ROTATIONAL RHEOMETERS; SHEAR RATES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC YIELD STRESS; STATIC YIELDS; STIRRED TANKS; TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; TRANS-MEMBRANE PRESSURES; TRANSITION POINTS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; FLUID DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

YIELD STRESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; FLOW KINETICS; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; STRESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 64049089011     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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