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The effort began in Fall 2008 to try to characterize flocculation tank performance using parameters calculated from numerical solutions from CFD simulations containing all values at each node of the mesh. The following sets of experiments are carried out to confirm the previous results and provide an exploratory basis for further investigation of the relationship between the performance parameters and geometry of the flocculation tank.
Methods and Procedures
h/b ratios of 5, 10 and 20 were tested with 5 baffles. The completed test are summarized in the following table:
The geometry and mesh were created using the journal file vary_flocculator_height. The boundary conditions and all the other FLUENT settings can be found in the report summary
Preliminary Observations and Discussion (on-going simulation)
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