On-line viable biomass measurement and estimation of the specific growth rate of activated sludge from municipal wastewater treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 97-104

  November, E J ^a   Van Impe, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological wastewater treatment; Model based observer; On line measurement; Viable biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DRY WEIGHT;

WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MUNICIPAL WASTE; ON-LINE TECHNIQUE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; EXPERIMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; OBSERVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROCESS CONTROL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0035024599     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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