Automation in sludge dewatering by novel on-line characterisation of flocculation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-164

  Sievers, Michael ^a   Schroeder, C ^a   Bormann, H ^a   Onyeche, T I ^a   Schlaefer, O ^a   Schaefer, S ^a  

^a CUTEC Institut GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Dewatering; Flocculation; Image processing; On line floc size analyser; Sludge

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLOCCULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; SENSORS;

DEWATERING RESULTS;

SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

AUTOMATION; DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AUTOMATION; BIOFILTRATION; CALCULATION; CAMERA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIMENTATION; FILTER; FLOCCULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; ONLINE MONITORING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREDICTION; SENSOR; SLUDGE; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 0037217182     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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