Terminal settling velocity and drag coefficient of biofilm-coated particles at high Reynolds numbers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2598-2606

  Andalib, Mehran ^a   Zhu, Jesse ^a   Nakhla, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archimedes number; Biofilm coated particles; Circulating fluidized bed bioreactor; Drag coefficient; Reynolds number; Terminal settling velocity

Indexed keywords

ARCHIMEDES NUMBER; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BIOREACTOR; COATED PARTICLES; DRAG FORCES; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; LABORATORY SCALE; LIQUID-SOLID CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BEDS; LITERATURE DATA; REYNOLDS; TERMINAL SETTLING VELOCITY; TERMINAL VELOCITY;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; COATING TECHNIQUES; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY;

DRAG;

EID: 78149387962     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12184     Document Type: Article

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