Monitoring of biofilm reactors using natural fluorecence fingerprints

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 161-167

  Wolf, G ^a   Almeida, J S ^b   Crespo, J G ^a   Reis, M A M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

2D fluorometry; Artificial neural networks; Biolfilm monitoring; Non invasive; On line

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; NEURAL NETWORKS;

NATURAL FLUORESCENCE;

BIOREACTORS;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 4 METHYLANILINE;

BIOFILM;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUOROMETRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0242432519     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0309     Document Type: Conference Paper

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