A consistent modelling methodology for secondary settling tanks in wastewater treatment

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2247-2260

  Bürger, Raimund ^a   Diehl, Stefan ^b   Nopens, Ingmar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clarifier; Continuous sedimentation; Numerical method; Partial differential equation; Simulation model; Thickener

Indexed keywords

CLARIFICATION; CLARIFIERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS;

APPLIED MATHEMATICS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; CONTINUOUS SEDIMENTATION; MODELING METHODOLOGY; MODELING PROCESS; PROCESS-MODELS; SECONDARY SETTLING TANKS; SIMULATION MODEL; THICKEN; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

APPLIED SCIENCE; BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENTATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79951950171     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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