Study of the flow mixing in a novel ARID raceway for algae production

Renewable Energy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 249-257

  Xu, Ben ^a   Li, Peiwen ^a   Waller, Peter ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Bioenergy biofuel; CFD; Flow mixing; Flow visualization; Raceway

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FLOW-MIXING; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; RACEWAY; SERPENTINE CHANNEL; WATER VELOCITIES;

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; FLOW FIELDS; MIXING; OPTIMIZATION; SERPENTINE;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD; FREEZING; GREEN ALGA; OPTIMIZATION; STORAGE STRUCTURE;

ALGAE;

EID: 84881219838     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.06.049     Document Type: Article

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