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Mixing characteristics of fixed film anaerobic reactors

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Since the mixing characteristics of anaerobic reactors would appear to have an effect on their operational performance, lithium tracer studies were made on two different digester types; the upflow sludge blanket and the expanded bed reactors. The mixing characteristics of both types of reactor, defined by this technique, were found to be of the intermediate type with a bias towards good mixing.

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK

    C. F. Forster & J. S. Rockey

  2. Chemical Engineering Department, University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK

    D. A. J. Wase & S. J. Godwin

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Forster, C.F., Rockey, J.S., Wase, D.A.J. et al. Mixing characteristics of fixed film anaerobic reactors. Biotechnol Lett 4, 799–804 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00131156

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