Experimental and Numerical Approach to Enlargement and Determination of Performance of Primary Sedimentation Basin

Abstract

In the present study, the presence of a baffle and its effect on the hydrodynamics of the flow in a primary settling tank has been investigated experimentally by ADV (Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter). On the other hand, the characteristics of this flow field were simulated by an unsteady two-phase finite volume method, and VOF (Volume of Fluid) model; and results were evaluated by the experimental data. The numerical calculation performed by using k–ε RNG model agrees well with experiments. It depicts the ability of this method in predicting the velocity profile and flow structure. In addition, the optimum position of the baffle to achieve the best performance of the tank was determined by applying the above mentioned numerical scheme.