3D Simulation of Flow in an Aeration Tank with Two Pipelines by a Two-Fluid Model

Abstract:

In this paper, a numerical two-fluid flow model combining with the Realizable k–ε turbulent model for compressible viscous fluid is presented for the computation of flow characteristics in an aeration tank; and the equations are solved with the finite volume method. A multigrid technique based on the full approximation storage (FAS) scheme is employed to accelerate the numerical convergence. The numerical results for velocity and turbulent kinetic energy distribution in the aeration tank are obtained. It is shown that the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a valuable tool to analyze the interaction of flow field and aeration.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 256-259)
• Pages: 2602-2605
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.256-259.2602
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: W.L. Wei, X.J. Zhao, Y. L. Liu
• Keywords: CFD Simulation, Hydrodynamic, Oxidation Ditch

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