Optimization of a periodic biological process for nitrogen removal from wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 142-152

  Potter, Thomas G ^a   Koopman, Ben ^a   Svoronos, Spyros A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Control strategies; Modeling; Nitrogen removal; Periodic processing

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PERIODIC BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL; WASTE WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PROCESS CONTROL; WASTEWATER;

BIOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; CONTINUOUS FLOW MULTI-REACTOR; CONTROL STRATEGIC; INDUSTRY STANDARD BIOKINETIC MODEL; PERIODIC BIOLOGICAL PROCESS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; FLOW; MODEL; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT; OSCILLATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0029656285     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00139-C     Document Type: Article

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