Aeration plays an important role in the treatment of activated sludge due to the interactions among bubbles, sewage and activated sludge in an aeration tank. The aeration performance is directly concerned with the efficiency of sewage disposal. So the three-dimensional two-fluid model was established with emphasis on the phase interaction terms in this paper. This model, as an extension of the two-phase flow model, involved the motion laws of three-phases, and was compared with experimental studies. The finite volume method was used in the numerical simulation of gas-liquid two-phase flow and gas-liquid-solid three-phase flow. In order to discuss the influence of gas-phase, liquid-phase and solid-phase motions in an aeration tank on the sewage disposal, three kinds of boundary and initial conditions were adopted. The simulated results of the flow structure show qualitatively good agreement with the experimental data. And the theoretical basis for designing the best aeration tank was discussed according to the simulated results.