Modeling and simulations of flow pattern, chlorine concentration, and mean age distributions in potable water service reservoir of Singapore

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 575-584

  Zhang, Jun Mei ^a   Lee, Heow Pueh ^a   Khoo, Boo Cheong ^a   Teo, Chit Pin ^b   Haja, Nazarudeen ^b   Peng, Kai Qi ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Public Utilities Board Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chlorine decay; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Mean age; Service reservoir

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE CONCENTRATION; CHLORINE DECAY; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE; DYNAMIC MESH; HORIZONTAL PLANES; LARGE DIMENSIONS; LOCAL MEAN; LOW VELOCITIES; MEAN AGES; MODELING AND SIMULATION; ON-SITE MEASUREMENT; POTABLE WATER SERVICES; QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS; RECIRCULATION ZONES; SALIENT FEATURES; SERVICE CONDITIONS; SERVICE RESERVOIRS; SINGAPORE; TRACER TESTS; WATER DEMAND AND SUPPLY; WATER-AIR INTERFACE; WATER-LEVEL VARIATIONS;

CHLORINE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FLOW PATTERNS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES; POTABLE WATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; CHLORINE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DRINKING WATER; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; INFLOW; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; OUTFLOW; RESERVOIR; RESIDENCE TIME; TRACER; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 79960273665     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000359     Document Type: Article

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