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The treatment efficiency of waste stabilization pond is directly related to its hydraulic regime. The hydraulic efficiency of the pond is dependent on parameters such as the pond geometry, the location of inlet and outlet and the inlet flow velocity. Poorly designed or specified hydraulic parameters may lead to short circuiting and dead regions within the pond. This in turn impacts the dispersion coefficient. Drogue and tracer studies are often used to get actual dispersion coefficients; however, tracer studies can be costly and are therefore not practical to do frequently. The objective of this paper is to obtain the actual dispersion coefficient using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) approach (using Fluent). The CFD results are validated using an actual tracer test.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	Stabilization pond, modeling, computational fluid dynamic, residence time distribution, dispersion coefficient
Research Division:	Engineering
Research Group:	Environmental engineering
Research Field:	Air pollution modelling and control
Objective Division:	Environmental Management
Objective Group:	Fresh, ground and surface water systems and management
Objective Field:	Measurement and assessment of freshwater quality (incl. physical and chemical conditions of water)
UTAS Author:	Abbassi, R (Dr Rouzbeh Abbassi)
UTAS Author:	Khan, F (Professor Faisal Khan)
ID Code:	95016
Year Published:	2010
Deposited By:	NC Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics
Deposited On:	2014-09-23
Last Modified:	2014-10-09
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