CFD simulation of gas and non-Newtonian fluid two-phase flow in anaerobic digesters

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3861-3874

  Wu, Binxin ^a  

^a Philadelphia Mixing Solutions Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digester; Gas mixing; Multiphase flow; Non Newtonian fluid; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FERTILIZERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GASES; MANURES; MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; TURBULENCE MODELS; VISCOUS FLOW;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; EULERIAN MULTIPHASE FLOWS; GAS-MIXING; LIQUID MANURE; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIPHASE FLOW MODELLING; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; TOTAL SOLIDS; TWO PHASES FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL METHOD; SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; GAS MIXING; MANURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; FRICTION; GAS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

GAS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; GASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 77953809256     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.04.043     Document Type: Article

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