Performance assessment of hydraulic efficiency indexes

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 851-859

  Teixeira, Edmilson Costa ^a   Do Nascimento Siqueira, Renato ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Tracers; Wastewater management; Water treatment plants

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC TOOLS; HYDRAULICS; MIXING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WELDS;

DEAD ZONES; DISPERSION INDEX; HYD RAULIC PERFORMANCE; HYDRAULIC EFFICIENCY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PHENOMENON; RE-CIRCULATION; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SHORT CIRCUIT; TRACER STUDIES; TRACERS; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; WATER AND WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HYDRODYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 51849093891     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2008)134:10(851)     Document Type: Article

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