This research is a collaboration between the University of New Mexico and Flow Science. Flow Science contributed free CFD software and CFD expertise as part of their Research Assistance Program.
The sensitivity of bacteria to physical, chemical and environmental disturbances presents a challenge to maintaining microbial nitrification in wastewater treatment plants. Researchers at the University of New Mexico conducted a series of experiments to understand the effects of surface roughness on annular nitrifying biofilm reactors (Roveto et al., 2019). Their team used FLOW-3D to find possible explanations for their experimental observations.
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