Numerical simulation of secondary sedimentation tank for urban wastewater

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 425-433

  Fan, Long ^a   Xu, Nong ^b   Ke, Xiyong ^a   Shi, Hanchang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Flow dynamics; Numerical simulation; Secondary sedimentation tank

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; OPTIMIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BAFFLE; SECONDARY SEDIMENTATION TANK; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS;

SETTLING TANKS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; OPTIMIZATION; SETTLING TANKS; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 39449125692     PISSN: 03681653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcice.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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