Sedimentation Tank Simulation Meeting Minutes

Fall 2008 Minutes

October 2, 2008

Accomplishments

• Practice the basic laminar pipe flow simulation on Fluent; reviewed and reflected on Introduction to CFD basics.
• Reviewed sedimentation tank design basics.

Metrics

NA

Outcomes

• Some naive thoughts on the approach of problem based on reading and practice:
• Laminar flow maybe more preferable for the purpose of settling; modeling laminar flow uses different numerical scheme from turbulent flow which is with the case of flocculation simulation.
• Primitive ideas: three elementary flow region: collision region(CR), single flow(SF), stagnation region(SR); three types of connections: CR-SF, SF-SR, CR-SR.
• Need further study to verify these ideas.

Issues

• Having trouble with uploading pictures on wiki pages.