A new settling velocity model to describe secondary sedimentation

Water Research

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 447-458

  Ramin, Elham ^a   Wágner, Dorottya S ^a   Yde, Lars ^b   Binning, Philip J ^a   Rasmussen, Michael R ^c   Mikkelsen, Peter Steen ^a   Plósz, Benedek Gy ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DHI Water Environment   (Singapore)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Calibration; Compression; Computational fluid dynamics; Monte Carlo Markov Chain; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MARKOV PROCESSES; VELOCITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; FLOW CONDITION; MONTE CARLO MARKOV CHAIN; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; SECONDARY SETTLING TANKS; SENSITIVE UNIT; SETTLING VELOCITY; VELOCITY MODELING;

CALIBRATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CALIBRATION; COMPRESSION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SETTLING VELOCITY; WASTE FACILITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; SECONDARY SETTLING TANK; SEDIMENTATION; TANK; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84907741092     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.08.034     Document Type: Article

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