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http://dx.doi.org/10.11001/jksww.2013.27.2.261

Simulation study of DAF flotation basin using CFD  

Park, Byungsung ((주)두산중공업 Water PLM)
Woo, Sungwoo ((주)두산중공업 Water PLM)
Park, Sungwon ((주)두산중공업 Water PLM)
Min, Jinhee ((주)두산중공업 Water PLM)
Lee, Woonyoung ((주)두산중공업 Water PLM)
You, Sunam ((주)두산중공업 Water PLM)
Jun, Gabjin ((주)두산중공업 Water PLM)
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Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater / v.27, no.2, 2013 , pp. 261-272 More about this Journal
Abstract
Algae boom (Red tide) in south coastal area of Korea has been appeared several times during a decade. If algae boom appears in the desalination plant, media filter and UF filter are clogged quickly, and the plant should be shutdown. In general, Algae can be removed from water by flotation better than by sedimentation, because of the low density of algal cell. The purpose of this study conducts the CFD simulation of DAF flotation basin to apply the design of the dissolved air flotation with ball filter in the Test Bed for SWRO desalination plant. In this study, Eulerian-Eulerian multiphase model was applied to simulate the behavior of air bubbles and seawater. Density difference model and gravity were used. But de-sludge process and mass transfer between air bubbles and seawater were ignored. Main parameter is hydraulic loading rate which is varied from 20 m/hr to 27.5 m/hr. Geometry of flotation basin were changed to improve the DAF performance. According to the result of this study, the increase of hydraulic loading rate causes that the flow in the separation basin is widely affected and the concentration of air is increased. The flow pattern in the contact zone of flotation basin is greatly affected by the location of nozzle header. When the nozzle header was installed not the bottom of the contact zone but the above, the opportunity of contact between influent and recycle flow was increased.
Keywords
SWRO; Dissolved air flotation(DAF); Two phase flow; Computational fluid dynamics(CFD); Hydraulic loading rate;
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