Experiment and calculation of filtration processes in an external-loop airlift ceramic membrane bioreactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2859-2865

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Jing, Wenheng ^a   Xing, Weihong ^a   Xu, Nanping ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeration; Ceramic membrane; Filtration; Hydrodynamics; Mathematical modelling; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGES; AERATION; AIR-SPARGING; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; CAKE RESISTANCES; CROSS FLOWS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FALLING FILMS; FILTRATION PROCESS; FLUX ENHANCEMENTS; GAS SLUGS; GAS-FLOW RATES; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOWS; LIQUID SLUGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; PERMEATE FLUXES; SLUG FLOWS; SUCTION PRESSURES; TUBULAR MEMBRANES; WAKE REGIONS;

AIR; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROFILTRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; TURBULENCE; WAKES; WASTEWATER;

AIR FILTERS;

EID: 67349251189     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.02.046     Document Type: Article

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