| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 85, 2019
EENVIRO 2018 – Sustainable Solutions for Energy and Environment
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| Article Number | 02010 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Computational Fluid Dynamics in Built Environment | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20198502010 | |
| Published online | 22 February 2019 | |
Study of air bubble dynamics in an air column using CFD
University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Department of Hydraulics, Hydraulic Machinery and Environmental Engineering, 313 Splaiul Independentei, Sector 6, 060042, Bucharest, Romania
* Corresponding author: corinai05@yahoo.com
The energy used for biological process in a wastewater treatment plant depends on aeration equipment and hydraulic parameters in aeration tank. Gas bubbles flow into bioreactor determines an extra turbulence into the mixture. This paper presents the results obtained using the volume of fluid (VOF) mathematical model to determine the velocities generated by bubbles into an upward flow air-water mixture in a column of water. Also, it was identified vertexes center in the ascending air bubbles movement and the number and the diameter of the bubbles were determined. The theoretical results were compared to experimental and theoretical data from the literature and it was found a good correlation.
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