THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WASTEWATER CLARIFICATION Written by some of the world's most knowledgeable authorities on wastewater clarification, Clarifier Design helps readers make fully informed decisions about this essential step in the wastewater cleansing process.
Contrasting traditional methods with the many leading-edge choices in clarifier design approaches, the text establishes criteria and protocols for decision-making. For potential buyers evaluating clarifier effectiveness for their particular situations, for vendors wanting to demonstrate the superiority of their designs, for designers creating new variations or products, for anyone who needs to compare the many types and configurations of clarifiers that are available and in use -- there is no better choice that than this manual from the Water Environment Federation.
Clarifier Design is the most complete and useful treatise available on wastewater clarification. Its demystifying explanations will help everyone approach the process and its technologies with more understanding, confidence -- and clarity.
A One-Stop Reference Source for the Entire Wastewater Clarification Process
Traditional and leading-edge methods
Objective approaches to analyzing and improving clarifier design
Latest information on software modeling
Complete instructions for field testing
Step-by-step evaluation based on resources and needs
New Design Efficiency (DE) standard for wastewater clarifiers
Integration with solids-handling facilities
Wastewater clarification approaches in Europe
Circular and rectangular clarifiers
"Nuts and bolts" details on processes and equipment
Key parameters for clarification
Performance monitoring and control equipment
Assessing vendor claims
Demonstrating product superiority
INSIDE: Introduction * Primary Clarifier Design Concepts and Considerations * High-Rate & Wet Weather Clarifier Design Concepts & Considerations * Secondary Clarifier Design Concepts and Considerations * Tertiary Clarifier Design Concepts and Considerations * Mathematical Modeling of Secondary Settling Tanks * Field Testing * Circular Clarifiers * Rectangular Clarifiers * Clarifier Performance Monitoring and Control * International Approaches * Interaction of Clarifiers with Other Facilities