Mathematical modelling of small wastewater treatment plants: Power and limitations

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 47-54

  Philips, N ^a   Heyvaerts, S ^b   Lammens, K ^b   Van Impe, Jan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Biotech Engineering   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Modelling; Residence time distribution; SAF; Small scale wastewater treatment; Submerged aerated filter; Tracer test

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; MODEL STRUCTURES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MIXING BEHAVIOURS; MODELING PROTOCOLS; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS (WWTP);

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

BROMOCRESOL GREEN; TRACER;

AERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FLOW RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGANIC WASTE; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MODEL; SAMPLING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 23344450957     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0350     Document Type: Article

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