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Mass balance of a wastewater loaded canal system: case study of Bangkok
1Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 13, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Abstract:
A dynamic water quality model was applied in order to investigate self-purification processes in highly loaded canals in the centre of Bangkok, capital city of Thailand. Oxygen production by aquatic plants induces a significant diurnal variation of the dissolved oxygen concentration. The corresponding profiles of heterotrophic growth and BOD5 concentration demonstrate the limiting impact of oxygen shortage during night time. Both self-purification mechanisms--biological degradation and settling--are considered and water-sediment interactions are calculated. Simulation results and measurement data are summarized by mass balance schemes which offer a telling characterization of the complex system.
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