CFD prediction of mixing time in anaerobic digesters

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 553-563

  Wu, B ^a  

^a Philadelphia Mixing Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digester; Cfd technique; Homogenization; Mixing time

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; CFD SIMULATIONS; CFD TECHNIQUE; CYLINDRICAL VESSELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MECHANICAL MIXING; MESH CELLS; MIXING DESIGN; MIXING PERFORMANCE; MIXING TIME; MULTIPLE-REFERENCE FRAMES; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; RUSHTON TURBINE IMPELLERS; SCALAR TRANSPORT EQUATION; TWO STAGE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW SIMULATION; FORECASTING; PULP DIGESTERS; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

MIXING;

BIOREACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; HOMOGENEITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TURBINE; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 77951782761     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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