Numerical simulation of mechanical mixing in high solid anaerobic digester

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1012-1018

  Yu, Liang ^a   Ma, Jingwei ^a   Chen, Shulin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); High solid anaerobic digester (HSAD); Mixing

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW NUMBER; HELICAL RIBBONS; HIGH-SOLIDS; MECHANICAL MIXING; MIXING PERFORMANCE; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POWER CONSUMPTION; SIMULATION RESULT; TOTAL SOLIDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIGESTIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ALGORITHM; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; HIGH SOLID ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; IMPELLER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL MIXING; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650703674     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.09.079     Document Type: Article

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