CFD modeling of hydrodynamic characteristics of slug bubble flow in a flat sheet membrane bioreactor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 445, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-24

  Wei, Peng ^a   Zhang, Kaisong ^a   Gao, Weimin ^b   Kong, Lingxue ^b   Field, Robert ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubble size; CFD; Effect of gap; Flat sheet MBR; Slug bubble

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZE; EFFECT OF GAP; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLAT SHEETS; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; SLUG BUBBLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

SHEAR STRESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FILM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84879547337     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.05.036     Document Type: Article

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