Computing shear flow and sludge blanket in secondary clarifiers

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-262

  Lakehal, Djamel ^a   Krebs, Peter ^b   Krijgsman, Johan ^c   Rodi, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MODEL; SHEAR FLOW; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SLUDGE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

BUOYANCY; CLARIFICATION; CLARIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

SLUDGE BLANKETS;

SETTLING TANKS; SHEAR FLOW;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SHEAR FLOW; SLUDGE BLANKET CLARIFIER; TURBULENT FLOW;

AXISYMMETRY; BUOYANT FLOW; CENTER-FEED; COMPUTATION DOMAINS; FLOW PROCESS; NON-ORTHOGONAL; SECONDARY CLARIFIER; SETTLING PROCESS; TEST CASE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 0033102551     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1999)125:3(253)     Document Type: Article

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