Mathematical modeling of a time-dependent extractive membrane bioreactor for denitrification of drinking water

Desalination

Volumn 289, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-65

  Sanaeepur, Hamidreza ^a   Hosseinkhani, Omolbanin ^a   Kargari, Ali ^a   Ebadi Amooghin, Abtin ^b   Raisi, Ahmadreza ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD; Membrane bioreactor; Nitrate removal; Transient analysis; Water denitrification

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELS; DRIVING FORCES; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTRACTIVE MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; FEED CONCENTRATION; FEED FLOW RATE; HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANE MODULES; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MOMENTUM BALANCE EQUATIONS; NITRATE REMOVAL; NITRATE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; SHELL-SIDE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; TIME-DEPENDENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRANSIENT;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

DENITRIFICATION;

BIOREACTOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; DRINKING WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84857372756     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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