On reliable and unreliable numerical methods for the simulation of secondary settling tanks in wastewater treatment

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-105

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Godunov flux; Method of lines; Numerical method; Secondary settling tank; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; DISCRETIZATIONS; METHOD OF LINES; NUMERICAL ERRORS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PARABOLIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REFERENCE METHOD; SECONDARY SETTLING TANKS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFICIENCY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SEDIMENTATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84860639552     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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