Calculation of residence time distribution from tracer recycle experiments

A. Battaglia; Peter Fox; F. G. Pohland

doi:10.1016/0043-1354(93)90093-W

Calculation of residence time distribution from tracer recycle experiments

A. Battaglia, Peter Fox, F. G. Pohland

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

This note develops a procedure that can be used to calculate the single pass residence time distribution in a reactor system, such as a landfill, operated with recycle, from pulse tracer studies. An equation relating the effluent tracer concentration and residence time distribution ("E curve") is derived, and a numerical technique to solve such an equation is presented and applied to data obtained from experiments on a laboratory-scale reactor. The significance of the procedure developed to biological reactors is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	337-341
Number of pages	5
Journal	Water Research
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0043-1354(93)90093-W
State	Published - Feb 1993

Keywords

leachate
recycle
residence time
tracers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Water Science and Technology
Ecological Modeling
Pollution
Waste Management and Disposal
Environmental Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering

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