A leaky dielectric Newtonian drop suspended in another leaky dielectric Newtonian liquid medium deforms as it settles under the influence of a uniform alternating electric field. As a result of this deformation, the terminal velocity is affected. In this study we present a detailed experimental investigation of the effect of horizontally directed uniform alternating electric field on the settli...

Although operators periodically measure the sludge volume index (SVI) to stabilize bioreactor and solid–liquid separation during wastewater treatment process, there is a problem of inconsistency attributed subjective judgment operator. This study aims investigate possibility securing objective data by employing CdS (cadmium–sulfur) photoresistors for SVI measurements. The sedimentation velocity...

We present a CFD model that predicts the sedimentation of activated sludge in a full-scale circular secondary clarifier that is equipped with a suction-lift sludge removal system. The axisymmetric single-phase model is developed using the general-purpose CFD solver FLUENT 6, which uses the finite-volume method. A convection-diffusion equation, which is extended to incorporate the sedimentation ...

Experimental observations show that a strong magnetic field has a dramatic influence on the sedimentation of RBCs, which motivates us to model the sedimentation of red blood cell (RBC) under strong external magnetic body force. To model the sedimentation of a RBC in a square duct and a circular pipe, a recently developed technique derived from the lattice Boltzmann and the distributed Lagrange ...

Chaff is one of the most widely used and effective expendable electronic attack (EA) devices. It is a form of volumetric radar clutter consisting of multiple metalized radar reflectors known as chaff fibers designed to confuse hostile radar operation. It is dispensed into the atmosphere to deny radar acquisition, generate false targets. To understand the dynamics of chaff cloud, a software has ...

Generalized models of thorium and particle cycling, data from Station P, and an inversion technique are used to obtain rate estimates of important biological and chemical transformations occurring in the water column. We first verify the inversion technique using an idealized data set generated by a finite difference model, and then apply the inversion technique to data from Station P. With the...

Aerobic granulation of activated sludge was successfully achieved in a full-scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR) with 50,000 m(3) d(-1) for treating a town's wastewater. After operation for 337 days, in this full-scale SBR, aerobic granules with an average SVI30 of 47.1 mL g(-1), diameter of 0.5 mm, and settling velocity of 42 m h(-1) were obtained. Compared to an anaerobic/oxic plug flow (A/O)...

A fluidized-pellet-bed separator with movable sludge hoppers was applied in pilot scale for the separation and thickening of activated sludge mixture liquid. Under the condition of suspension SS around 4,000 mg/L, polymer (CJX103, cationic, MW 5 × 106) dose at a dry solid ratio of 0.003 and upward flow rate at 5.4 m/hr, the fluidized pellet bed performed solid/liquid separation and sludge thick...

Microalga is the only feedstock that has the theoretical potential to completely replace the energy requirements derived from fossil fuels. However, commercialization of this potential source for fuel applications is hampered due to many technical challenges with harvesting of biomass being the most energy intensive process among them. The fresh water microalgal species, Scenedesmus abundans, h...

Computational fluid dynamics simulations are employed to assess the effect of adding a vertical baffle at the feed section of a full-scale edimentation tank for the improvement of solids settling in potable water treatment. A general CFD-based simulation strategy is developed based n the specific features and conditions met in practice for potable water treatment. The linearity of the particle ...