Numerical modelling of waste stabilization ponds: Where do we stand?

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3155-3171

  Sah, Leena ^a   Rousseau, Diederik P L ^a,b   Hooijmans, Christine M ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Hogeschool West Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Hydrodynamics; Modelling; Waste stabilization pond (WSP); Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CALIBRATED MODEL; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CARBON REMOVAL; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FIRST-ORDER; IN-DEPTH STUDY; INHERENT COMPLEXITY; KEY FEATURE; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; SUPPORT TOOL; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS; WATER QUALITY MODELS;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; STABILIZATION PONDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WATER QUALITY; WATERWORKS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CARBON; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; POND; WATER QUALITY;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; POND; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE STABILIZATION POND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84862239815     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1098-4     Document Type: Review

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