Combining computational fluid dynamics with a biokinetic model for predicting ammonia and phosphate behavior in aeration tanks

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2353-2362

  Zima, Piotr ^a   Makinia, Jacek ^a   Swinarski, Marek ^b   Czerwionka, Krzysztof ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Saur Neptun Gdansk SA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Computational fluid dynamics; Dispersion; Enhanced biological phosphorus removal; Nitrification; Reactor hydraulics; Wastewater treatment plant design

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DISPERSION (WAVES); DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; NITRIFICATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATION; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DESIGNS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AMMONIA; DYE; PHOSPHATE; RHODAMINE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; AERATION; ALGORITHM; AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LABORATORY METHOD; MODEL TEST; NITRIFICATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOSPHATE; REACTION KINETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACCURACY; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADVECTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; POLAND; POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANK; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIA; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 73949143695     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X407294     Document Type: Article

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