CFD simulation of mixing in egg-shaped anaerobic digesters

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1507-1519

  Wu, Binxin ^a  

^a Philadelphia Mixing Solutions Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FERTILIZERS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PROPELLERS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DRAFT TUBES; LIQUID MANURE; MECHANICAL; NEWTONIANS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; POWER FLOWS; TOTAL SOLID CONCENTRATIONS;

MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERN; MIXING; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PUMPING; ROTATING FLOW;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCALE UP; SIMULATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 76749142955     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.10.040     Document Type: Article

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