Amodel to predict the behavior of UASB reactors

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 605-614

  Rodriguez Gomez R ^a,b   Moreno, L ^a   Liu, L ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERÍA   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

CSTR; Kinetic; Simulation; UASB; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTION; REACTION KINETICS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84882252637     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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