I want to calculate Mean Residence Time of a Residence Time Distribution (RTD) Curve from tracer experiments. I have tried with the integral formula as can be found in the article attached but it seems that I am calculating wrongly every time. It will be most helpful if someone can show me with an example. The data can be taken from the attached excel file.
Try good ol' Fogler http://www.umich.edu/~essen/html/byconcept/chapter13.pdf
Thank you Matthew. In the mean time I found this chapter and was able to calculate on my own. I appreciate your kind suggestion. Thanks again.
I see I am a little late with a response but here is a paper about empirical travel time calculations using tracer studies in water networks
Regards, John
You can use EPANET Software (Civil Engineers use this software to do the analysis of water distribution system). Mean Rsidence Time (MRT) can be analyse by setting a pipe network, process whole settup through EPANET, the residence time of water within distribution system (DS) can be simulate by using EPANET Model. Response curve can be prepared by using node values and from which you can derive the MRT values.
I hope this can help you
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339711751_Estimation_of_Residence_Time_in_Khor_Abdullah_and_Khor_Al-Zubair_Northwest_of_Arabian_Gulf_Using_Numerical_modeling_Technique
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