Experimental study and computational fluid dynamics simulation of a full-scale membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment application

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 9930-9939

  Amini, Ershad ^a   Mehrnia, Mohammad Reza ^a   Mousavi, Seyyed Mohammad ^b   Mostoufi, Navid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE MODULE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT DEVICES;

BIOREACTORS; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE FOULING; PARTICLE SIZE; SHEAR STRESS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84880901325     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie400632y     Document Type: Article

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