A mathematical model to predict the effect of heat recovery on the wastewater temperature in sewers

Water Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 548-558

  Dürrenmatt, David J ^a   Wanner, Oskar ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heat recovery; Heat transfer; Modeling; Sewer; Wastewater temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DIGITAL STORAGE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; SEWERS; SOILS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WASTE HEAT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; ENERGY; HEAT PUMPS; MODELING; NEW FACILITIES; PIPE WALLS; RAW WASTEWATERS; SWITZERLAND; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TEMPERATURE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

DATA SET; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEWER NETWORK; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME SERIES; WASTEWATER;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FRICTION; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWER; SIMULATION; SWITZERLAND; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THICKNESS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE; HEAT; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

SWITZERLAND;

SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84888851410     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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