A hydrodynamics-reaction kinetics coupled model for evaluating bioreactors derived from CFD simulation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 9749-9757

  Wang, Xu ^a   Ding, Jie ^a   Guo, Wan Qian ^a   Ren, Nan Qi ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biohydrogen production; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor; Hydrodynamics reactor kinetics coupled model; Reactor design and operation

Indexed keywords

BIO-HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; BIOTREATMENT SYSTEMS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; COUPLED MODELS; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED REACTOR; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID; HYDRODYNAMICS MODELS; REACTION CONVERSION; REACTION KINETICS MODELS; REACTOR DESIGNS;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRODYNAMICS; REACTION KINETICS;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

BIOGAS; HYDROGEN;

BIOREACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERN; HYDRODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SIMULATION; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SYNTHESIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLUCOSE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; WATER;

EID: 77956098146     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.07.115     Document Type: Article

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