Modeling the temperature pattern of a covered anaerobic pond with computational fluid dynamics

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 107-125

  Karteris, A ^a   Papadopoulos, A ^b   Balafoutas, G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anaerobic pond; CFD modeling; Natural systems; Temperature; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; SEWAGE; SOILS; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC PONDS; ANEROBIC DECOMPOSITION; THERMAL MODEL; WASTEWATER TEMPERATURE;

PONDING;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POND; WASTEWATER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POND; WASTEWATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; POND; SEWAGE; SIMULATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 21344431626     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-5996-6     Document Type: Article

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