Unsteady 2D coupled heat and mass transfer in porous media with biological and chemical heat generations
Unsteady 2D coupled heat and mass transfer in porous media with biological and chemical heat generations
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多孔介质中非稳态二维耦合传热传质及生物和化学热产生
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.07.027
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发表时间:
2009
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
C. Zambra
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作者:
N. Moraga;F. Corvalán;M. Escudey;A. Arias;C. Zambra
The coupled two-dimensional heat and oxygen diffusion in a compost pile of sewage sludge obtained from domestic wastewater treatment was studied. The unsteady, coupled, non-linear mathematical model, solved through the finite volume method, includes the volumetric heat generation caused by the action of aerobic bacteria and by the oxidation of cellulose in a porous media. The numerical simulation allows the prediction for the pile shape and size effects on the heat generated and on oxygen consumption. Temperature and oxygen concentration transient distributions within compost piles are presented for different geometries. Heat (temperature) and mass transfer (oxygen) results indicate that the pile height has an important effect on the heating process and that keeping the compost pile height lower than 1.7m the self-combustion of sewage sludge can be avoided.