Numerical modeling of helical static mixers for water treatment

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 431-440

  Jones, S Casey ^a,b   Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^a,b   Amirtharajah, Appiah ^a,b  

^a ASCE ^*  (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixing; Numerical models; Potable water; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

HELICAL STATIC MIXERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POTABLE WATER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COAGULATION; FLOW MODELING; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MIXING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0036565833     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2002)128:5(431)     Document Type: Article

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