Simulating disinfection processes in chlorine contact tanks using various turbulence models and high-order accurate difference schemes

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1529-1543

  Wang, Hong ^a   A Falconer, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact tank flow; Finite difference method; Higher order upwind scheme; Model comparison; Numerical modeling; Turbulence model

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENCE;

CONTACT TANK FLOW; HIGHER ORDER UPWIND SCHEME; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CHLORINE;

CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TURBULENCE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0344653638     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)80014-6     Document Type: Article

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