Hydrodynamic effects of air sparging on hollow fiber membranes in a bubble column reactor

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3762-3772

  Xia, Lijun ^a,b   Law, Adrian Wing Keung ^a,b   Fane, Anthony G ^a,b  

^a Singapore Membrane Technology Centre   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air sparging; Alternate aeration; Bubble column reactor; Continuous aeration; Hollow fiber membranes; Hydrodynamics; Superficial air velocity

Indexed keywords

AIR; BIOREACTORS; BUBBLE COLUMNS; FLUIDITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCOUR; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

AIR SPARGING; AIR VELOCITIES; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; HYDRODYNAMIC SHEAR STRESS; MEMBRANE FILTRATION SYSTEM; PHASE DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY;

MICROFILTRATION;

AERATION; AIR BUBBLE; AIRFLOW; ANEMOMETER; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; FLOW STABILITY; FLOW VELOCITY; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AERATION; ANEMOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; FILTRATION; FLOW KINETICS; FOULING CONTROL; HEIGHT; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMERSION; MEMBRANE FILTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPARGING; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 84878125605     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.042     Document Type: Article

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