Two-phase computational fluid dynamics assessment of bubble plume in air-diffuser destratification

Environmental Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1043-1054

  Yum, K ^a   Ahn, J ^a   Park, H ^b   Ko, I H ^a  

^a Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bubble plume; Computational fluid dynamics; Destratification; Plume number; Reservoir mixing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

BUBBLE PLUMES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SOFTWARE; DE-STRATIFICATION; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOW PATTERNS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PLUME NUMBER;

AIR;

DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESTRATIFICATION; MIXING;

AIR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; PHASE SEPARATION; PLUME DISPERSION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 26644460851     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332608618492     Document Type: Article

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