Single- and two-phase numerical models of Dissolved Air Flotation: Comparison of 2D and 3D simulations

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 365, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Bondelind, Mia ^a   Sasic, Srdjan ^a   Kostoglou, Margaritis ^b   Bergdahl, Lars ^a   Pettersson, Thomas J R ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

2D; 3D; Computational fluid dynamics; Dissolved Air Flotation; Euler Lagrange; Multiphase; Single phase

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISSOLUTION; FLOTATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

3D MODELS; 3D SIMULATIONS; AIR BUBBLES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONTACT ZONE; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATIONS; FLOTATION PROCESS; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; INDEPENDENT RESEARCH; LAGRANGE; LAGRANGIAN FRAMES; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SECOND PHASE; SEPARATION ZONE; SINGLE PHASE; SINGLE- AND TWO-PHASE FLOW; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; SINGLE-PHASE MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) SIMULATION; TWO-PHASE MODEL; TWO-PHASE SIMULATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION; FLOTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 77954312415     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.02.035     Document Type: Article

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