Start-up of a nitrification system with automatic control to treat highly concentrated ammonium wastewater: Experimental results and modeling

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-419

  Jubany, Irene ^a   Carrera, Julián ^a   Lafuente, Javier ^a   Baeza, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control; Modeling; Nitrification; OUR; Start up

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AUTOMATION; BIOCONVERSION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROL THEORY; DENITRIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PILOT PLANTS; PROCESS CONTROL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONTROL; MODELING; OUR; START-UP;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 53249144213     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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