Marine Wastewater Discharges from Multiport Diffusers. I: Unstratified Stationary Water

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1137-1146

  Tian, Xiaodong ^a   Roberts, Philip J W ^a   Daviero, Gregory J ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MALCOLM PIRNIE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilution; Model studies; Multi port diffuser; Ocean disposal; Outfall sewers; Wastewater disposal

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MIXING; OUTFALLS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; BUOYANCY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COSTS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); TURBULENCE;

BUOYANT PLUME; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SYSTEMS; MODELLING STUDIES; MULTI-PORT; MULTI-PORT DIFFUSER; MULTIPORT DIFFUSERS; NEAR FIELDS; OCEAN DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE;

DILUTION; WASTEWATER;

COST SAVINGS; LAYER THICKNESS; SEMIEMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGES;

DILUTION; MARINE APPLICATION; MIXING; SEA OUTFALL; WASTEWATER;

DILUTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING; SEWAGE OUTFALL; WASTEWATER;

EID: 10344239423     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2004)130:12(1137)     Document Type: Article

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