Benchmarking procedure for full-scale activated sludge plants

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-322

  Abusam, A ^a   Keesman, K J ^b   Spanjers, H ^c   van Straten, G ^b  

^a Department of Civil Engineering   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Lettinga Associates Foundation LeAF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Control; Identification; Oxidation ditches; Simulation; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; NITROGEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SLUDGE PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NON-LINEAR SYSTEM; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PROCESS CONTROL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 1142268892     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0661(03)00102-3     Document Type: Article

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