Abstract
Vinasse is a by-product from ethanol industry which can be exploited in ferti-irrigation after its treatment via APBR (anaerobic packed bed reactor). Comprehensive understanding of fluid dynamics within APBR is fundamental for its design and the goal of this work was to perform CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulations of a laboratory-scale APBR by the use of commercial software. Tracer concentration patterns deviated from plain plug flow behaviour.
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Authors thank FAPESP São Paulo Research Foundation (Brazil) for research grants (project 11/51902-9). First author thanks FAPESP for MSc scholarship (project 12/23459-6) as well.
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Okiyama, D.C.G., Rabi, J.A., Ribeiro, R., Ferraz, A.D.N., Zaiat, M. (2017). CFD Simulations of Fluid Dynamics Inside a Fixed-Bed Bioreactor for Sugarcane Vinasse Treatment. In: Mannina, G. (eds) Frontiers in Wastewater Treatment and Modelling. FICWTM 2017. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58421-8_107
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