The development and application of CFD models for water treatment flocculators

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-109

  Bridgeman, J ^a   Jefferson, B ^b   Parsons, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Mixing; Rotating mesh; Turbulence; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOCCULATION; FLOW SIMULATION; GAS TURBINES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; SIMULATORS; TURBULENCE;

CFD; CFD MODELS; FLOCCULATION PROCESS; FLOCCULATORS; FULL SCALE; MESH DENSITY; MULTIPLE-REFERENCE FRAMES; OPTIMISATIONS; REYNOLDS STRESS TURBULENCE MODELLING; ROTATING MESH; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; SLIDING MESH; TURBULENCE DISSIPATION RATE; TWO-EQUATION; WATER TREATMENT WORKS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 70350573467     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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