Analysis of mass transfer characteristics in a tubular membrane using CFD modeling

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4705-4712

  Yang, Jixiang ^a   Vedantam, Sreepriya ^b   Spanjers, Henri ^a   Nopens, Ingmar ^b   van Lier, Jules B ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; CFD; Mass transfer; Membrane; Sludge

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ANAEROBICS; CFD MODELING; GAS BUBBLE; MASS TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; SLUDGE; TRANSFER CAPACITIES; TUBULAR MEMBRANES; TWO PHASES FLOW;

MASS TRANSFER;

BIOGAS;

BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; PARTICLE SIZE; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SLUDGE; TUBULAR REACTOR; VISCOSITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864060145     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.028     Document Type: Article

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