• DocumentCode
    3098191
  • Title

    Ultrasound Standing-wave Bio-Reactor design and testing

  • Author

    Keesman, Karel J. ; de Beus, Niels ; Klok, Johannes B. M. ; Cappon, Hans

  • Author_Institution
    Biomass Refinery & Process Dynamics, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    21-25 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    1331
  • Lastpage
    1332
  • Abstract
    This study experimentally investigated the ultrasonic separation efficiency of water-activated sludge suspensions, which is in line with our previous work on modeling and control in acoustic separation of suspensions using a numerical-experimental approach. The main conclusion is that ultrasound separation provides a promising technique that could have industrial application for activated sludge separation in the future.
  • Keywords
    bioreactors; separation; sludge treatment; suspensions; testing; ultrasonic waves; acoustic separation; activated sludge separation; industrial application; ultrasonic separation efficiency; ultrasound separation; ultrasound standing wave bioreactor design; ultrasound standing wave bioreactor testing; water activated sludge suspensions; Acoustics; Biology; Biomass; Educational institutions; Numerical models; Suspensions; Ultrasonic imaging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2013 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Prague
  • ISSN
    1948-5719
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5684-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ULTSYM.2013.0340
  • Filename
    6725121