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  • Experimental and numerical investigations of sedimentation of porous wastewater sludge flocs
    Hriberšek, Matjaž ...
    The paper studies the properties and sedimentation characteristics of sludge flocs, as they appear in biological wastewater treatment (BWT) plants. The flocs are described as porous and permeable ... bodies, with their properties defined based on conducted experimental study. The derivation is based on established geometrical properties, high-speed camera data on settling velocities and non-linear numerical model, linking settling velocity with physical properties of porous flocs. The numerical model for derivation is based on generalized Stokes model, with permeability of the floc described by the Brinkman model. As a result, correlation for flocs porosity is obtained as a function of floc diameter. This data is used in establishing a CFD numerical model of sedimentation of flocs in test conditions, as recorded during experimental investigation. The CFD model is based on Euler-Lagrange formulation, where the Lagrange formulation is chosen for computation of flocs trajectories during sedimentation. The results of numerical simulations are compared with experimental results and very good agreement is observed.
    Source: Water research. - ISSN 0043-1354 (Vol. 45, iss. 4, Feb. 2011, str. 1729-1735)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2011
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 14734358
    DOI

source: Water research. - ISSN 0043-1354 (Vol. 45, iss. 4, Feb. 2011, str. 1729-1735)
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