A mathematical model of clarifier-thickener units |
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| Authors: | Raimund Bürger Kenneth H. Karlsen John D. Towers |
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| Affiliation: | 1. RB acknowledges support by SFB 404 (Germany) and Fondecyt 1050728 (Chile).;2. Centre of Mathematics for Applications (CMA), University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1053, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway;3. MiraCosta College, 3333 Manchester Avenue, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA 92007-1516, USA |
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| Abstract: | We review a recent analysis of a clarifier-thickener model for flocculated suspensions. The resulting governing PDE is a strongly degenerate convection-diffusion equation with discontinuous flux. A new numerical example illustrates how control actions speed up thickener operation significantly. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) |
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