CFD simulation of single- and multi-phase flows through submerged membrane units with irregular fiber arrangement

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 184-197

  Buetehorn, Steffen ^a   Volmering, Dirk ^b   Vossenkaul, Klaus ^b   Wintgens, Thomas ^a,c   Wessling, Matthias ^a   Melin, Thomas ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Koch Membrane Systems GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Energy consumption; Module design optimization; Multi phase flows; Submerged microfiltration; X ray computer tomography (CT)

Indexed keywords

AERATION EFFICIENCIES; AIR BUBBLES; CAKE LAYER; CFD CODES; CFD SIMULATIONS; ENERGY INPUTS; FIBER ARRANGEMENT; FIBER SEGMENTS; FRICTION FACTORS; GEOMETRY MODEL; HOLLOW FIBER; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; INLET VELOCITY; IRREGULAR FIBER; LIQUID VELOCITIES; MIXTURE VELOCITY; MODULE DESIGN; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; SCANNED IMAGES; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SUBMERGED MICROFILTRATION; TURBULENT VISCOSITY; X-RAY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MICROFILTRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FIBERS;

AERATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIBER; GEOMETRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLID; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; X RAY;

EID: 80054838690     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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