Mathematical modeling of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors: Simultaneous accounting for hydrodynamics and bio-dynamics

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 677-684

  Chen, Yun ^a   He, Jia ^a   Mu, Yang ^a   Huo, Ying Chao ^a   Zhang, Ze ^a   Kotsopoulos, Thomas A ^b   Zeng, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion model No. 1 (ADM1); Bio dynamics; Dispersive model; Hydrodynamics; Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION MODEL; CALCULATION TIME; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; DEVELOPED MODEL; DISPERSIVE MODELS; ORGANIC OVERLOADING; SIMULATION MODEL; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 84938581018     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.07.016     Document Type: Article

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