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Ingeniería e Investigación

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PATINO, Paola; CRUZ, Camilo; TORRES, Patricia  and  LAIN, Santiago. Hydrodynamic evaluation of a hydraulic clarifier through. Ing. Investig. [online]. 2012, vol.32, n.1, pp.77-82. ISSN 0120-5609.

Hydrodynamic phenomena take place within water treatment plants associated with physical, operational and environmental factors which can affect the water quality. This study evaluated a hydraulic clarifier's hydrodynamic pattern using sludge recircula-tion through continuous tracer test leading to determining hydraulic behaviour indicators and simplified flow models. The clarifier had dual flow with a predominantly complete mixture during the hours in which higher temperatures were reported for affluent water compared to those reported inside the reactor, causing the formation of density currents promoting mixing in the reactor and increased turbidity in the effluent. The hydraulic indicators and the Wolf-Resnick model had higher sensitivity to the influence of temperature on reactor hydrodynamics.

Keywords : hydraulic clarifier; hydrodynamic evaluation; flow model; tracer study.

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