RTD (residence time distribution) predictions in large mechanically aerated lagoons

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 29-36

  Stropky, D ^a   Pougatch, K ^b   Nowak, P ^b   Salcudean, M ^b   Pagorla, Phil ^c   Gartshore, I ^b   Yuan, J W ^a  

^a Process Simulations Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Wastewater Eng Team   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerated lagoon hydraulics; CFD; Computational modeling; Particle tracking; Residence time; RTD

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

INTERNAL BAFFLING; MECHANICAL AGITATION; MECHANICALLY AERATED LAGOONS; RANDOM-WALK LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE TRACKING; SLUDGE ACCUMULATION;

SEWAGE LAGOONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; SEWAGE LAGOONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAGOON; PARTICLE SETTLING; RESIDENCE TIME; TRACKING;

AERATION; AERATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAGOON; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAPER; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 34250714836     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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