Oxygenation performance of a laboratory-scale Speece Cone hypolimnetic aerator: Preliminary assessment

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 663-675

  Ashley, K I ^a,b   Mavinic, D S ^a   Hall, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypolimnetic aeration; Oxygen transfer; Re aeration; Speece cone

Indexed keywords

NONMETALS; OXYGENATION; STANDARDS;

EFFECT OF OXYGEN; INPUT RATE; OUTLET PORTS; OXYGEN TRANSFER; OXYGEN TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; SPEECE CONE; WATER VELOCITIES;

OXYGEN;

AERATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUBBLE; GAS FLOW; OXYGEN; POREWATER;

EID: 48249148275     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L08-011     Document Type: Article

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