Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling applied to biological wastewater treatment systems: An overview of strategies for the kinetics integration

MC Sadino-Riquelme, A Donoso-Bravo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Kinetics and CFD modeling is widely used for the study of biological treatment systems. This
work reviews publications from 2006 to 2023 and compares the strategies applied to …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modelling of surface aeration and N2O emission in biological water resource recovery

Y Qiu, S Ekström, B Valverde-Pérez, BF Smets… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Biokinetic modelling of N 2 O production and emission has been extensively studied in the
past fifteen years. In contrast, the physical-chemical hydrodynamics of activated sludge …

An efficient hydrodynamic-biokinetic model for the optimization of operational strategy applied in a full-scale oxidation ditch by CFD integrated with ASM2

Q Xu, Y Wan, Q Wu, K Xiao, W Yu, S Liang, Y Zhu… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Oxidation ditches (ODs) are often used for wastewater treatment. However, limitations of
ODs like high energy expenditure and increased sludge sedimentation hinder its wide …

Enhancing ozonation technology: A case study on full-scale airlift reactor upgrades in the existing wastewater treatment plant's ozonation tank using CFD

MEAE Elmeliani, F Seladji, H Aguedal, C Alaoui… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional pneumatic bubble column reactors (PBCRs) in wastewater treatment often have
limitations in ozone distribution and disinfection efficacy. This study introduces an optimized …

A comprehensive hydrodynamic analysis of a full-scale oxidation ditch using Population Balance Modelling in CFD simulation

J Climent, R Martínez-Cuenca, P Carratalà… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work exhibits the importance of the experimental validation when full-scale
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models are developed to provide a detailed analysis of …

An Overview of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Modelling and Simulation of Microbial Fuel Cells

SE Jujjavarapu, T Kumar, S Gupta - Computational Fluid Dynamics …, 2024 - Springer
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) continue to garner significant research attention as promising
carbon-free and clean alternative energy sources. Nevertheless, optimizing their power …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced biokinetic and hydrodynamic modelling to support and optimize the design of full-scale high rate algal ponds

A Ortiz, R Díez-Montero, J García, N Khalil… - Computational and …, 2022 - Elsevier
High rate algal ponds (HRAP) are known for their suitability to treat wastewater and to
produce microalgal biomass, which can be converted into bioproducts. However, full-scale …

Biofouling of hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes: A novel multiphase CFD–Porous-CES model and experimental study

TR Mohan, MSM Kumar, L Rao - Journal of Membrane Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study focuses on developing a multiphase CFD–porous-CES model to
investigate the effect of biofouling in a membrane reactor. An experimental setup with an …

A study on the performance of distributed training of data-driven CFD simulations

S Iserte, A González-Barberá… - … Journal of High …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Data-driven methods for computer simulations are blooming in many scientific areas. The
traditional approach to simulating physical behaviors relies on solving partial differential …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of hydraulic mixing performance in a full-scale anaerobic digester with an external liquid recirculation system using CFD and experimental …

R Arnau, J Climent, R Martínez-Cuenca… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) has become an essential process for sludge treatment and its
optimum performance is related to its mixing degree. In this study, a full-scale Anaerobic …