A review of the chemistry of anaerobic digestion: Methods of accelerating and optimizing process efficiency

A Anukam, A Mohammadi, M Naqvi, K Granström - Processes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The anaerobic digestion technology has been in existence for centuries and its underlying
theory established for decades. It is considered a useful technology for the generation of …

Influence of mixing on anaerobic digestion efficiency in stirred tank digesters: A review

ID Kariyama, X Zhai, B Wu - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
A comprehensive review was carried out on the influence of mixing on anaerobic digestion
(AD) efficiency in stirred tank anaerobic digesters. Though traditionally, stirred tank digesters …

Advances in the use of CFD to characterize, design and optimize bioenergy systems

B Wu - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2013 - Elsevier
This article is a critical review of the state-of-the-art of computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
used to investigate bioreactors that produce biomethane and biohydrogen by means of …

Application of CFD methods to an anaerobic digester: The case of Ontinyent WWTP, Valencia, Spain

PA López-Jiménez, J Escudero-González… - Journal of Water …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract In recent years, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods have increasingly
been used to characterize hydrodynamics and mass-transport in wastewater treatment units …

Improving the mixing performances of rice straw anaerobic digestion for higher biogas production by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation

F Shen, L Tian, H Yuan, Y Pang, S Chen, D Zou… - Applied biochemistry …, 2013 - Springer
As a lignocellulose-based substrate for anaerobic digestion, rice straw is characterized by
low density, high water absorbability, and poor fluidity. Its mixing performances in digestion …

[HTML][HTML] Optimising flow and mixing in a full-scale gas-mixed anaerobic digester by integrating sludge rheological data using computational fluid dynamics

P Wei, W Uijttewaal, H Spanjers, JB van Lier… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gas-mixing is commonly applied in anaerobic digesters, yet the resulting flow and hydraulic
mixing are difficult to evaluate because of limited full-scale experimental data and …

Optimizing the performance of a large scale biogas plant by controlling stirring process: A case study

A Nsair, SÖ Cinar, HA Qdais, K Kuchta - Energy conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work has investigated the effect of stirring on the performance of two anaerobic
digesters for a period of six years. In each digester, two propellers and one hydro-mixer …

CFD simulation and performance evaluation of gas mixing during high solids anaerobic digestion of food waste

L Li, K Wang, L Wei, Q Zhao, H Zhou, J Jiang - Biochemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
To analyze the flow characteristics of the gas-mixed high solids anaerobic digestion (HS-
AD) system and optimize the mixing performance, the mixing performance of gas and non …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling of anaerobic digestion process for renewable energy production: A review

H Caillet, A Bastide, L Adelard - Cleaner Waste Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is a widely used process for organic waste treatment and biogas
production. It is a complex process involving four main biochemical reactions, four microbial …

A review on CFD simulating method for biogas fermentation material fluid

J Wang, Q Xue, T Guo, Z Mei, E Long, Q Wen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Fermentation material fluid mixing is an indispensable subsidiary technology for modern
biogas engineering, which can increase fermentation efficiency substantially. Taking …