Application of CFD modelling to study the hydrodynamics of various anaerobic pond configurations

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-171

  Vega, G P ^a   Pena M R ^a   Ramirez C ^a   Mara, D D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic ponds; Computational fluids dynamics; Hydrodynamics; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC PONDS (AP);

STABILIZATION PONDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; STABILIZATION POND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADVECTION; CALIBRATION; COLOMBIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISPERSION; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; LIQUID; MODEL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POND; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; SLUDGE;

EID: 0042764003     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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