Improving the hydraulic efficiency of water process tanks using CFD models

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1179-1189

  Stamou, Anastasios I ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFD (computational fluid dynamics); CFX; Chlorination; FTC (flow through curves); Process tanks; RTD (residence time distribution)

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DISINFECTION;

CFX; FLOW THROUGH CURVES (FTC); PROCESS TANKS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTD);

PROCESS CONTROL;

CHLORINATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DISINFECTION; PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 43849084820     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.02.033     Document Type: Article

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