A simplified method to assess structurally identifiable parameters in Monod-based activated sludge models

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2893-2904

  Petersen, Britta ^a   Gernaey, Krist ^a,b   Devisscher, Martijn ^a   Dochain, Denis ^c   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activated sludge model; Parameter estimation; Respirometry; Structural identifiability; Titrimetry

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUBSTRATES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODELS (ASM);

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MODELING; RESPIRATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0038630718     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00114-3     Document Type: Article

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