Reynolds and dispersive shear stress in free-surface turbulent channel flow over square bars.

Reynolds and dispersive shear stresses in turbulent flow over spanwise-aligned square bars in an open channel flow are examined. Results of large-eddy simulation of flow over two different bar spacings corresponding to transitional and k-type (reattaching flow) roughness are analyzed. The Reynolds shear stress contribution to the momentum loss (or the friction factor, respectively) is greater than the dispersive shear stress contribution.

Predicting the disinfection efficiency range in chlorine contact tanks through a CFD-based approach.

In this study three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models, incorporating appropriately selected kinetic models, were developed to simulate the processes of chlorine decay, pathogen inactivation and the formation of potentially carcinogenic by-products in disinfection contact tanks (CTs). Currently, the performance of CT facilities largely relies on Hydraulic Efficiency Indicators (HEIs), extracted from experimentally derived Residence Time Distribution (RTD) curves. This approach has more recently been aided with the application of CFD models, which can be calibrated to predict accurately RTDs, enabling the assessment of disinfection facilities prior to their construction.

UV reactor flow visualization and mixing quantification using three-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence.

Three-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (3DLIF) was applied to visualize and quantitatively analyze mixing in a lab-scale UV reactor consisting of one lamp sleeve placed perpendicular to flow. The recirculation zone and the von Karman vortex shedding that commonly occur in flows around bluff bodies were successfully visualized. Multiple flow paths were analyzed by injecting the dye at various heights with respect to the lamp sleeve.