On-line determination of sludge settling velocity for flux-based real-time control of secondary clarifiers

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 249-256

  Lynggaard Jensen, A ^a   Lading, L ^b  

^a DHI   (Denmark)

^b Municipality of Aarhus ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clarifier; Control; Flux; Hydraulic capacity; Settling velocity; Sludge vol. sensor

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CAPACITY; SLUDGE PUMPING; SLUDGE SETTLING VELOCITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ALGORITHMS; SENSORS; SEWAGE PUMPS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

RAIN;

ALGORITHMS; SENSORS; SEWAGE PUMPS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALGORITHM; CONTROL SYSTEM; REAL TIME; SETTLING VELOCITY; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ALGORITHM; BIOSENSOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; SLUDGE SETTLING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WEATHER;

ALGORITHMS; KINETICS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33846605630     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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