
Combining jar tests and CFD to investigate the role of local hydrodynamics in flocculation of high-rate activated sludge
- Author
- Sophie Balemans, Siegfried Vlaeminck (UGent) , Laura Zaharova, Leonie Hartog, Usman Rehman and Ingmar Nopens (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- High-rate activated sludge systems have a high potential for carbon and energy recovery from wastewater, yet suffer frequently from poor liquid-solid separation due to limitations in the flocculation process. Flocculation is controlled by a combination of prevailing physicochemical and hydrodynamic conditions and is generally optimized using jar tests. However, jar hydrodynamics are often averaged over the entire volume, which can significantly differ from the local conditions. The presented work investigated the impact of local jar hydrodynamics on floc formation for two different jar test configurations using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The analysis shows that the distribution of local velocity gradients in the jar is highly influenced by the selection of impeller type and speed, and has an important impact on the flocculation process.
- Keywords
- High-rate activated sludge, sludge settling, flocculation state, Hydrodynamics
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8644471
- MLA
- Balemans, Sophie, et al. “Combining Jar Tests and CFD to Investigate the Role of Local Hydrodynamics in Flocculation of High-Rate Activated Sludge.” Watermatex 2019, 10th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, Abstracts, 2019.
- APA
- Balemans, S., Vlaeminck, S., Zaharova, L., Hartog, L., Rehman, U., & Nopens, I. (2019). Combining jar tests and CFD to investigate the role of local hydrodynamics in flocculation of high-rate activated sludge. Watermatex 2019, 10th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, Abstracts. Presented at the 10th IWA symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Chicago author-date
- Balemans, Sophie, Siegfried Vlaeminck, Laura Zaharova, Leonie Hartog, Usman Rehman, and Ingmar Nopens. 2019. “Combining Jar Tests and CFD to Investigate the Role of Local Hydrodynamics in Flocculation of High-Rate Activated Sludge.” In Watermatex 2019, 10th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, Abstracts.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Balemans, Sophie, Siegfried Vlaeminck, Laura Zaharova, Leonie Hartog, Usman Rehman, and Ingmar Nopens. 2019. “Combining Jar Tests and CFD to Investigate the Role of Local Hydrodynamics in Flocculation of High-Rate Activated Sludge.” In Watermatex 2019, 10th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, Abstracts.
- Vancouver
- 1.Balemans S, Vlaeminck S, Zaharova L, Hartog L, Rehman U, Nopens I. Combining jar tests and CFD to investigate the role of local hydrodynamics in flocculation of high-rate activated sludge. In: Watermatex 2019, 10th IWA symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, Abstracts. 2019.
- IEEE
- [1]S. Balemans, S. Vlaeminck, L. Zaharova, L. Hartog, U. Rehman, and I. Nopens, “Combining jar tests and CFD to investigate the role of local hydrodynamics in flocculation of high-rate activated sludge,” in Watermatex 2019, 10th IWA symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, Abstracts, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2019.
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