Evaluating hydraulic and disinfection efficiencies of a full-scale ozone contactor using a RANS-based modeling framework

Water Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-167

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Tejada Martínez, Andrés E ^a   Zhang, Qiong ^a   Lei, Hongxia ^b  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b Tampa Water Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Full scale contactor; Modeling; Ozone disinfection; RANS

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISINFECTION; EFFICIENCY; MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OZONE; OZONIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

CHEMICAL REACTION MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; DISINFECTION EFFICIENCY; FLOW RATE CHANGES; FULL-SCALE CONTACTOR; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE DISINFECTION; RANS;

OZONE WATER TREATMENT;

BROMATE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; OZONE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISINFECTION; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW REGULATION; OZONE; REACTION KINETICS; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; DISINFECTION; FLOW RATE; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; OZONATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANS BASED MODELING FRAMEWORK; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL MODEL; DEVICES; HYDRODYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TAMPA; UNITED STATES;

BROMATES; DISINFECTION; FLORIDA; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OZONE; SEASONS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84892862220     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.12.037     Document Type: Article

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