ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SETTLING PROCESS IN THE ACTIVATED SLUDGE OPERATION

The secondary clarifier or settler is crucial for the whole activated sludge operation. Consequently it is important to obtain a reliable analytical model as well as a useful numerical method, which can be used in automatic control of the settling process. Discontinuities (shocks) appear physically,...

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Published inInstrumentation, Control and Automation of Water and Wastewater Treatment and Transport Systems pp. 471 - 478
Main Authors Diehl, Stefan, Sparr, Gunnar, Olsson, Gustaf
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 1990
Subjects
Beräkningsmatematik
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computational Mathematics
Engineering and Technology
Environmental Biotechnology
Kemiteknik
Matematik
Mathematical Sciences
Miljöbioteknik
Natural Sciences
Naturvetenskap
Samhällsbyggnadsteknik
Teknik
Vattenbehandlingsbioteknik
Vattenteknik
Water Engineering
Water Treatment
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ISBN9781483117607
0080407765
148311760X
148315002X
9780080407760
9781483150024
DOI10.1016/B978-0-08-040776-0.50063-9

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Summary:The secondary clarifier or settler is crucial for the whole activated sludge operation. Consequently it is important to obtain a reliable analytical model as well as a useful numerical method, which can be used in automatic control of the settling process. Discontinuities (shocks) appear physically, and an analytical description as well as a stable numerical algorithm must be able to handle these discontinuities. A model based on the Kynch theory of sedimentation is used, where the settling flux is a function only of the local concentration and is assumed to have one inflexion point. For such non-convex flux functions the settling process is qualitatively the same, independent of further assumptions on the shapes of the settling functions. Using the theory of non-linear conservation laws, the main results obtained are:•how to calculate transient and asymptotic behaviour;•how to control the concentration profile of the settler, in particular the depth of the sludge blanket, for a given load;•a numerical algorithm which automatically preserves shocks and gives the physically correct solution according to the analytical treatment. The algorithm can be applied on any flux function (with more than one inflexion point).
ISBN:9781483117607
0080407765
148311760X
148315002X
9780080407760
9781483150024
DOI:10.1016/B978-0-08-040776-0.50063-9