Benchmarking of WWTP design by assessing costs, effluent quality and process variability

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 95-102

  Benedetti, L ^a   Bixio, D ^b   Vanrolleghem, P A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Aquafin Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cost effectiveness; Mathematical modelling; Monte Carlo simulation; Probabilistic design

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

EFFLUENT QUALITY; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; PROCESS VARIABILITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN METHOD; EFFLUENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SANITARY ENGINEERING; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 33845339674     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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