scholarly journals Characteristics of open-channel flow having sudden expansion and contraction on one side of a straight channel

2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (1Supplement) ◽  
pp. 379-382
Author(s):  
Ichiro FUJITA ◽  
Jun OZAWA ◽  
Naonori KAWAMOTO
Keyword(s):  
Channel Flow ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Open Channel Flow ◽  
Sudden Expansion ◽  
Straight Channel

MODELING THE ORGANIC REMOVAL AND OXYGEN CONSUMPTION BY BIOFILMS IN AN OPEN-CHANNEL FLOW

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiyu Li ◽  
Guang Hao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
River Water ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Diffusion Layer ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Open Channel Flow ◽  
River Water Quality ◽  
Monod Kinetics ◽  
Organic Removal

A mathematical model is proposed to predict the removal of dissolved organic substances and the consumption of dissolved oxygen by attached biofilms in an open-channel flow. The model combines the biofilm equations with the conventional Streeter–Phelps type equations of river water quality by considering the mass transfer of organics and oxygen in the river water through the diffusion layer into the biofilm. It is assumed that the diffusion and reaction within the biofilm are of steady-state, and follow Monod kinetics. The model is solved numerically with a trial-and-error method. The simulation results of the model for an ideal case of river flow and biofilm show that the organic removal rate and oxygen consumption rate caused by the biofilm are greater than that by suspended biomass. The effects of diffusion layer thickness, flow velocity, and biofilm thickness on the change of river water quality are discussed.

Flume experiments on baffle-posts for retarding open channel flow

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-282
Author(s):  
Shangtuo Qian ◽  
Hui Xu ◽  
Jiangang Feng
Keyword(s):  
Channel Flow ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Open Channel Flow ◽  
Flume Experiments

scholarly journals Interaction of buoyant plumes in open-channel flow

1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-473
Author(s):  
P. J. Wicks
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Equation ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Nonlinear Term ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Hermite Polynomials ◽  
Open Channel Flow ◽  
The Other ◽  
Buoyant Plumes ◽  
Rich Variety

AbstractIn this paper, a model for lateral dispersion in open-channel flow is studied involving a diffusion equation which has a nonlinear term describing the effect of buoyancy. The model is used to investigate the interaction of two buoyant pollutant plumes. An approximate analytic technique involving Hermite polynomials is applied to the resulting PDEs to reduce them to a system of ODEs for the centroids and widths of the two plumes. The ODEs are then solved numerically. A rich variety of behaviour occurs depending on the relative positions, widths and strengths of the initial discharges. It is found that for two plumes of equal strength and width discharged side-by-side, the plumes move apart and the rate of spreading is inhibited by their interaction, whereas when one plume is initially much wider than the other, both plumes tend to drift to the side of the narrower plume. Finally, the PDEs are solved numerically for two sets of initial conditions and a comparison is made with the ODE solutions. Agreement is found to be good.

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