Evaluation of three full-scale grit removal processes using CFD modeling

WEFTEC 2012 - 85th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 6008-6030

  McNamara, Brian F ^a   Layne, Jeffrey ^a   Hyre, Mathew ^b   Kinnear, David J ^c   Bott, Charles B ^d  

^a HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

^b CFD Modeling Consultant   (United States)

^c HDR   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics; Detritor; Grit; Stacked Structured Vortex; Vortex

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; DETRITOR; GRIT; PARTICLE SETTLING VELOCITY; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROCESS VARIABLES; SURFACE OVERFLOW RATES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84982281393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2175/193864712811710335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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