Comparison and evaluation of empirical zone settling velocity parameters based on sludge volume index using a unified settling characteristics database

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3821-3836

  Giokas, Dimosthenis L ^a,e   Daigger, Glen T ^b   Von Sperling, Marcos ^c   Kim, Youngchul ^d   Paraskevas, Panayotis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Hanseo University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Secondary settling tanks; Simulation; Sludge settling velocity; Sludge volume index; Solids flux theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOLIDS; VELOCITY;

SOLID-FLUX THEORY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SETTLING TANK; SETTLING VELOCITY; SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ALIA;

EID: 0043092289     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00298-7     Document Type: Article

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