Study of the flow mixing in a novel open-channel raceway for algae production

ASME 2012 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2012, Collocated with the ASME 2012 10th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn , Issue PARTS A AND B, 2012, Pages 769-775

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

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLOW FIELDS; FUEL CELLS; MIXING; NUTRIENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALGAE GROWTH; CFD ANALYSIS; EQUAL OPPORTUNITY; FLUID MIXING; OPEN CHANNELS; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE; WATER SURFACE; WATER TEMPERATURES;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 84900453398     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2012-91096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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