ICFD: Interpreted Computational Fluid Dynamics - Degeneration of CFD to one-dimensional advection-dispersion models using statistical experimental design - The secondary clarifier

Water Research

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 396-411

  Guyonvarch, Estelle ^a   Ramin, Elham ^a   Kulahci, Murat ^a,b   Plósz, Benedek Gy ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Degeneration of model structural complexity; Interpreted CFD model (iCFD); One dimensional advection dispersion model; Secondary settling tank; Statistical factor screening

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DISPERSIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; STATISTICS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ADVECTION DISPERSION MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; DEGENERATION OF MODEL STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; FACTOR SCREENING; INTERPRETED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL ADVECTION DISPERSION MODEL; SECONDARY SETTLING TANKS; STATISTICAL FACTOR SCREENING; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPRESSION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FLOCCULATION; INTERPRETED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SLUDGE SETTLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; HYDRODYNAMICS; PH; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

HEAVY METAL; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84928747122     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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