• Corpus ID: 106952674

Distribution of velocities in aquaculture circular tanks with rotating flow and evaluation of uniformity

@inproceedings{Llor2010DistributionOV,
  title={Distribution of velocities in aquaculture circular tanks with rotating flow and evaluation of uniformity},
  author={Ingrid Masal{\'o} Llor{\`a} and Joan Oca Baradad},
  year={2010}
}

• Ingrid Masaló Llorà, J. Baradad
• Published 2010
• Biology, Engineering

Control of velocities in aquaculture tanks is very important, since fish need certain velocities for maintaining general health and also a minimum veloc ity is needed to eliminate biosolids. In circular t nks or rectangular tanks with rotating flow, where wate r is injected tangentially to the tank wall, the av erage velocity is controlled by the impulse force Fi (Equation 1) and affected by flow rate and water v locity inlet (Tvinnereim and Skybakmoen, 1989; Oca and Mas aló, 2007a). The flow discharged through the outlet placed at the center of the tank bottom, gen erates a free vortex in the inner region of the tan k (Paul et al, 1991; Fisher and Flack, 2002).