A consistent modelling methodology for secondary settling tanks: A reliable numerical method

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 192-208

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Continuous sedimentation; Partial differential equation; Secondary clarifier; Simulation model; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CONSTITUTIVE EXPRESSIONS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CONTINUOUS SEDIMENTATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (PDE); SECONDARY CLARIFIER; SECONDARY SETTLING TANKS; SIMULATION MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SETTLING TANKS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; CONVECTION; DISPERSION; NUMERICAL METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARTICLE SETTLING; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE; STORAGE TANK; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPRESSION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SLUDGE; SOLID; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TANK; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84881140388     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.239     Document Type: Article

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