Application of computational fluid dynamics in sedimentation tank design and its recent developments: A review

K Hirom, TT Devi - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2022 - Springer
Sedimentation tanks are the workhorses of both water treatment plants (WTPs) and waste
water treatment plants (WWTPs) and are crucial cogs in their respective treatment …

Recent developments on application of different turbulence and multiphase models in sedimentation tank modeling—a review

M Raeesh, TT Devi, K Hirom - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2023 - Springer
This article provides a state-of-the-art review on the different turbulence and multiphase
models for the sedimentation tank studies of both water treatment plant (WTP) and …

[PDF][PDF] Brownian motion and coagulation process

D Ghernaout, AI Al-Ghonamy, A Boucherit… - American Journal of …, 2015 - academia.edu
This review discusses the Brownian motion and coagulation/flocculation (C/F) in
water/wastewater treatment. In water/wastewater treatment processes, pertinent questions …

Development and applications in computational fluid dynamics modeling for secondary settling tanks over the last three decades: A review

H Gao, MK Stenstrom - Water Environment Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary settling tanks (SSTs) are a crucial process that determines the performance of
the activated sludge process. However, their performance is often far from satisfactory. In the …

Settling characteristics of nonspherical porous sludge flocs with nonhomogeneous mass distribution

Y Cui, J Ravnik, P Steinmann, M Hriberšek - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The paper reports on the development of an advanced Lagrangian particle tracking model of
sludge flocs that takes into account its nonspherical shape, the internal porosity and …

Climate change impacts on activated sludge wastewater treatment: a case study from Norway

BG Plosz, H Liltved, H Ratnaweera - Water Science and …, 2009 - iwaponline.com
We present an investigation on climate change effects on a wastewater treatment system
that receive sewage collected in a combined sewer system in Oslo, Norway, during winter …

Sedimentation efficiency evaluation of an aquaculture tank through experimental floc characterization and CFD simulation

BM López-Rebollar, D García-Pulido… - Aquacultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the most important parameters for the proper functioning of an aquaculture tank is
water quality. The survival and healthy growth of fish depends on it. The main factors …

A CFD-based simulation study of a large scale flocculation tank for potable water treatment

K Samaras, A Zouboulis, T Karapantsios… - Chemical Engineering …, 2010 - Elsevier
A methodology is developed for simulating the operation of flocculation tanks for potable
water treatment in the presence of very low solids concentration. The main effort of the …

Concentration profiling of a horizontal sedimentation tank utilising a bespoke acoustic backscatter array and CFD simulations

TN Hunter, J Peakall, D Egarr, DMJ Cowell… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The performance of a pilot-scale horizontal sedimentation tank was characterised utilising
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and a bespoke ultrasonic backscatter array, for both …

Performance of a sedimentation tank for standing column wells coupled with geothermal heat pump systems

D Hernandez, P Pasquier, F Guibault - Renewable Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Ground heat exchangers used with heat pumps have the potential to lower energy
consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions of buildings. In particular, standing …