Mixing characterisation of full-scale membrane bioreactors: CFD modelling with experimental validation

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3181-3191

  Brannock, M ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Leslie, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MIXING; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; BIOKINETICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MIXING; MIXING ENERGIES; RTD; SLUDGE RHEOLOGIES;

BIOREACTORS;

AERATION; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXING; MODELING; RHEOLOGY; SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGE SETTLING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77952552532     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.02.029     Document Type: Article

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