Hydraulic Model Similitude for Drinking Water Filtration
Nurul Haque
Corresponding
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
Anwar Wang
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Kamrul Rahman
University of California, Berkeley
Kamrul Islam
University of São Paulo
Abstract
A satisfactory engineering description of drinking water filtration is essential for the safe design of food processing plants. The reliability of hydraulic model similitude is established by comparison with known closed-form solutions. Losses are shown to decrease by as much as 7% under the recommended conditions. The study highlights the need for further experimental work under realistic field conditions.
Keywords:
drinking water filtrationhydraulic model similitudefinite element analysisreliability analysis
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