Development of a modelling tool to perform hydrodynamics coupled with biological processes in the secondary stage of wastewater treatment plants

Abstract

Simulation models based on tools associated with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and applied to wastewater treatment have been developed. The hydrodynamic effect of the internal elements that govern the flow behavior in the biological reactors combined with the biochemical models that reproduce the purification process has been investigated. An experimental work of validation of CFD models has been carried out in real scale.

Se han desarrolado modelos de simulación basados en herramientas asociadas a la dinámica computacional de fluidos (CFD) y aplicados al tratamiento de aguas residuales. Se ha investigado el efecto hidrodinámico de los elementos internos que gobiernan el comportamiento del flujo en los reactores biológicos combinado con los modelos bioquímicos que reproducen el proceso de depuración. Se ha realizado un trabajo experimental de validación de modelos CFD a escala real.