PDA experiments and CFD simulation of a lab-scale oxidation ditch with surface aerators

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-33

  Fan, Long ^a   Xu, Nong ^a   Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   Shi, Hanchang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Oxidation ditch; PDA experiment; Surface aerator

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; LIQUID VELOCITIES; LITTLE RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION OF REACTORS; OXIDATION DITCH; PARTICLE DYNAMICS; SOLID-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; SOLID-PHASE; STRAIGHT CHANNEL; SURFACE AERATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW FIELD; TWO FLUID MODEL; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; OXIDATION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEWAGE LAGOONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 73749088288     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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