Uncertainty analysis of conventional water treatment plant design for suspended solids removal

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1413-1421

  Gupta, Ajay Kumar ^a   Shrivastava, R K ^a  

^a SHRI G S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Reliability; Solids; Uncertainty principles; Water quality; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELIABILITY THEORY; REMOVAL; SAFETY FACTOR; SOLID WASTES;

EFFLUENT WATER; MASS CONCENTRATION; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELIABILITY THEORY; REMOVAL; SAFETY FACTOR; SOLID WASTES; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE FACILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33750168879     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:11(1413)     Document Type: Article

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