Definition of a practical multi-criteria procedure for selecting the best coagulant in a chemically assisted primary sedimentation process for the treatment of urban wastewater

Desalination

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 229-238

  De Feo, Giovanni ^a   De Gisi, Sabino ^a   Galasso, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Bierrechimica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Best coagulant; CAPS; CEPT; Multi criteria analysis; Urban wastewater

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECISION THEORY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLOCCULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTATION; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY; BEST COAGULANT; CAPS; CEPT; CHEMICALLY ENHANCED PRIMARY TREATMENT; JAR TESTING; LOW ENERGIES; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS; RAW WASTEWATERS; SEDIMENTATION PROCESSES; SLUDGE-VOLUME; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; URBAN WASTEWATER; URBAN WASTEWATERS;

COAGULATION;

COAGULATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 48449101483     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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