Towards thermal design optimization of tubular digesters in cold climates: A heat transfer model

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 259-268

  Perrigault, Thibault ^a   Weatherford, Vergil ^b   Martí Herrero, Jaime ^a   Poggio, Davide ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING CIMNE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Instituto para una Alternativa Agraria (IAA)   (Peru)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Heat transfer; Low cost tubular digester; Plug flow; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

COLD CLIMATE; CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; GREENHOUSE AIR; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; LOW COSTS; LOW-COST TUBULAR DIGESTER; MEAN VALUES; MODEL OUTPUTS; PLUG FLOW; SLURRY TEMPERATURE; SOLAR HEAT; STANDARD ERRORS; SYSTEM ELEMENTS; THERMAL DESIGNS; THERMAL INERTIA; THERMAL MODEL; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TIME-DEPENDENT; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; WIND VELOCITIES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSES; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; SLURRIES; SUN; TEMPERATURE;

PULP DIGESTERS;

BIOGAS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATE; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOMETRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SLURRY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOMETRY; GREENHOUSE; HEAT TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBULAR DIGESTER; VELOCITY; WIND;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84866153666     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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