Importance of flow stratification and bubble aggregation in the separation zone of a dissolved air flotation tank

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4468-4476

  Lakghomi, B ^a   Lawryshyn, Y ^a   Hofmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubble; CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; DAF; Dissolved air flotation; Stratified flow

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AIR; DISSOLUTION; FLOTATION; FLOW PATTERNS; POTABLE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR FLOTATION SYSTEMS; BUBBLE; BUBBLE AGGREGATION; BUBBLE REMOVAL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATIONS; FLOW STRATIFICATION; HORIZONTAL FLOW PATTERNS; STRATIFIED FLOWS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

DRINKING WATER;

AIRFLOW; BUBBLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRINKING WATER; FLOATING BODY; FLOW PATTERN; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR; ARTICLE; BUBBLE AGGREGATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION; FLOTATION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANK; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84863544863     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.038     Document Type: Article

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