Suction-lift sludge removal and non-Newtonian flow behaviour in circular secondary clarifiers: Numerical modelling and measurements

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 241-255

  Weiss, Michael ^a   Plósz, Benedek Gy ^a   Essemiani, Karim ^a   Meinhold, Jens ^a  

^a Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Computational fluid dynamics; Rheology; Secondary clarifier; Sedimentation; Suction lift sludge removal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

CFD MODEL; SECONDARY CLARIFIER; SUCTION-LIFT SLUDGE REMOVAL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 34249699031     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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