Optimising mixing and nutrient removal in membrane bioreactors: CFD modelling and experimental validation

Desalination

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 815-818

  Brannock, M ^a   Leslie, G ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Buetehorn, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; MBR; Membrane bioreactor; RTD

Indexed keywords

BIOKINETICS; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; CFD MODELLING; CFD MODELS; EMPIRICAL TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLOW REGIMES; FULL SCALE; LIQUID SEPARATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE ORIENTATION; MIXING ENERGIES; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; OPTIMISATIONS; PERENNIAL PROBLEMS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SIZE AND POSITION; VESSEL DESIGN;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRON TUBE DIODES; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MIXING; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; RESONANT TUNNELING; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BIOREACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE; NUTRIENT; OPTIMIZATION; WASTEWATER;

EID: 71849085522     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.11.048     Document Type: Article

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