Computational fluid dynamics analysis of the effects of reactor configuration on disinfection efficiency

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 909-919

  Greene, Dennis J ^a   Haas, Charles N ^b   Farouk, Bakhtier ^c  

^a CAROLLO ENGINEERS   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Disinfection; Reactor engineering; Residence time distributions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISINFECTION; HYDRAULICS; MIXING; PURIFICATION; REACTION KINETICS;

REACTOR ENGINEERING; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS (RTD);

WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE; TRACER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISINFECTION; HYDRAULICS; MIXING; PURIFICATION; REACTION KINETICS; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISINFECTION; HYDRAULICS; MASS TRANSPORT; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; DISINFECTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; REACTOR; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 33750296925     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143005X72984     Document Type: Article

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