Hydraulic Mixing Modelling in Reactor for Biogas Production

• Authors: Andrzej G. Chmielewski , Aleksandra Berbeć , Michał Zalewski , Andrzej Dobrowolski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Two-stage biogas production plant consists of two reactors: a hydrolyser and a fermentor. The bioreactor construction has to meet three requirements: low cost and simplicity of construction and good biomass mixing conditions with an application of appropriate method. This paper reports CFD modelling of hydraulic mixing in the tank to be applied in a two-stage industrial installation.

Keywords

EN

biogas; biomass mixing; bioreactor; CFD modelling

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Chemical and Process Engineering
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 621-628

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2012

online

28 - 12 - 2012

Contributors

author

Andrzej G. Chmielewski

• Warsaw University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Waryńskiego 1, 00-645 Warsaw, Poland
• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Dorodna16, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland

author

Aleksandra Berbeć

• Warsaw University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Waryńskiego 1, 00-645 Warsaw, Poland

author

Michał Zalewski

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Dorodna16, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland

author

Andrzej Dobrowolski

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Dorodna16, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10176-012-0052-8