Diphasic modelling of vertical flow filter

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Forquet, Nicolas ^a   Wanko, Adrien ^a   Mosé, Robert ^a   Sadowski, Antoine Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Convection; Dioxygen; Diphasic modelling; Hydraulic parameters

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; FEEDING; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; PHASE INTERFACES; POROUS MATERIALS; SEEPAGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR COMPRESSIONS; ASYMPTOTIC VALUES; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE TRANSPORTS; DIOXYGEN; DIPHASIC MODELLING; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FEEDING SEQUENCES; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MODEL COMPARISONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POROUS MEDIAS; VERTICAL FLOW FILTERS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIRFLOW; BENCHMARKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTRATION; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; POROUS MEDIUM; SEEPAGE; WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 57749196738     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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