A method for characterizing the complete settling process of activated sludge

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2637-2644

  Zhang, Daijun ^a   Li, Zhenliang ^a   Lu, Peili ^a   Zhang, Tian ^a   Xu, Danyu ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Compression settling; Parameter estimation; Settling velocity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BATCH SETTLING TESTS; COMPRESSION SETTLING; SETTLING VELOCITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; COMPRESSION; SETTLING VELOCITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE SETTLING; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 33746050377     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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