Experimental investigation of hydrodynamic behavior in a real membrane bio-reactor unit

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 353, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 122-134

  Liu, Ningyu ^a   Zhang, Qide ^a   Chin, Gim Leong ^a   Ong, Eng Hong ^a   Lou, Jing ^b   Kang, Chang Wei ^b   Liu, Wenjun ^c   Jordan, Edward ^d  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^c Siemens Water Technologies Corp   (United States)

^d Siemens Water Technologies Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; High speed camera; Membrane bio reactor; Particle image velocimetry

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; AIR FLOW; BUBBLE BEHAVIOR; BUBBLE SIZE; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CFD MODELS; DIFFERENT SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIBER BUNDLES; FLUORESCENT PARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY TECHNIQUE; PRESSURE CHANGE; SIDE WALLS; SINGLE PHASE; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; SIZE RANGES; WATER FLOWS; WATER VELOCITIES; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAMERAS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAVY WATER; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OSCILLATING FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER AERATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER TANKS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

AERATION; AIR BUBBLE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BUBBLE SIZE; FIBER; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LENS; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED FILTER LENS; TANK; VIBRATION; WATER BUBBLE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 77950099625     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.02.042     Document Type: Article

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