CFD and physical models of PM separation for urban drainage hydrodynamic unit operations

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 154; pp. 258 - 266
• Main Authors: Liu, Hua, Sansalone, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2019
• Subjects: Best management practice; Computational fluid dynamics; drainage; geometry; hydrodynamics; Particle size distribution; particulates; physical models; Stormwater; Best management practice; Particle size distribution; Stormwater; Computational fluid dynamics

A hydrodynamic separator (HS) is a common pre-treatment unit operation (UO) for separating coarser particulate matter (PM). While HS designs have disparate internal geometries, surface areas, and volumes; for a given PM granulometry this study hypothesizes there are limits to PM separation. In this...