On-line control of polymer addition to prevent massive sludge washout

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1014-1021

  Vanderhasselt, Alexis ^a   De Clercq, Bob ^a   Vanderhaegen, Bart ^b   Vanrolleghem, Peter ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Epas NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT; MIXING; MODEL; ONLINE CONTROL; POLYMER; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BATCH SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE BLANKET; SLUDGE SETTLING;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

POLYMER; SETTLING; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0033401923     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1999)125:11(1014)     Document Type: Article

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