Microscale hydrodynamic analysis of aerobic granules in the mass transfer process

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7555-7560

  Liu, Li ^a   Li, Wen Wei ^a   Sheng, Guo Ping ^a   Liu, Zhi Feng ^a   Zeng, Raymond J ^a   Liu, Jun Xin ^b   Yu, Han Qing ^a   Lee, Duu Jong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GRANULES; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS; FLUID FLOW; GRANULE STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMIC DRAG FORCES; HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; MICRO-SCALES; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY PROFILES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRAG; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; FLUORESCENCE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GRANULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; DIFFUSION; DRAG; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROSCOPY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; FLUID FLOW; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUTRIENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROBIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SOLUBILITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77957341474     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1021608     Document Type: Article

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