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Numerical solution of a multi-class model for batch settling in water resource recovery facilities

Bürger, Raimund ; Diehl, Stefan LU ; Martí, M. Carmen ; Mulet, Pep ; Nopens, Ingmar ; Torfs, Elena and Vanrolleghem, Peter A (2017) In Applied Mathematical Modelling 49. p.415-436
Abstract

In Torfs et al. (2017) a new unified framework to model settling tanks in water resource recovery facilities was proposed providing a set of partial differential equations (PDEs) modelling different settling unit processes in wastewater treatment such as primary and secondary settling tanks (PSTs and SSTs). The extension to a multi-class framework to deal with the distributed properties of the settling particles leads to a system of non-linear hyperbolic-parabolic PDEs whose solutions may contain very sharp transitions. This necessitates the use of a consistent and robust numerical method to obtain well-resolved and reliable approximations to the PDE solutions. The use of implicit–explicit Runge–Kutta (IMEX-RK) schemes, along with the... (More)

In Torfs et al. (2017) a new unified framework to model settling tanks in water resource recovery facilities was proposed providing a set of partial differential equations (PDEs) modelling different settling unit processes in wastewater treatment such as primary and secondary settling tanks (PSTs and SSTs). The extension to a multi-class framework to deal with the distributed properties of the settling particles leads to a system of non-linear hyperbolic-parabolic PDEs whose solutions may contain very sharp transitions. This necessitates the use of a consistent and robust numerical method to obtain well-resolved and reliable approximations to the PDE solutions. The use of implicit–explicit Runge–Kutta (IMEX-RK) schemes, along with the weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) shock-capturing technology for the discretization of the set of equations, is advocated in this work. The versatility of the proposed unified framework is demonstrated through a set of numerical examples for batch settling occurring in both PSTs and SSTs, along with the efficiency and reliability of the numerical scheme.

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Convection–diffusion equation, Implicit–explicit Runge–Kutta scheme, Multi-class kinematic flow model, Settling velocity distribution, Wastewater treatment
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Applied Mathematical Modelling
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49
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22 pages
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Elsevier
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0307-904X
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10.1016/j.apm.2017.05.014
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  author       = {{Bürger, Raimund and Diehl, Stefan and Martí, M. Carmen and Mulet, Pep and Nopens, Ingmar and Torfs, Elena and Vanrolleghem, Peter A}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  pages        = {{415--436}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Applied Mathematical Modelling}},
  title        = {{Numerical solution of a multi-class model for batch settling in water resource recovery facilities}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2017.05.014}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.apm.2017.05.014}},
  volume       = {{49}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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