Optimisation of clarifier-thickeners processing stable suspensions for turn-up/turn-down

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1568-1578

  Martin, Alastair D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clarifier; Design; Optimisation; Thickener; Turn down fst; Turn up

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HYDROLYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENTATION; WASTEWATER;

FEED LOADS; SOLID RESIDENCE TIME;

CLARIFIERS;

ALGORITHM; DESIGN; SLUDGE BLANKET CLARIFIER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOPROCESS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENSITY; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SOLID; SOLID STATE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SUSPENSION; THEORY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1542358102     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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