Simultaneously monitoring the particle size distribution, morphology and suspended solids concentration in wastewater applying digital image analysis (DIA)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Yu, Yuey Fang ^a   Chen, Ho Wen ^b   Cheng, Pen Po ^a   Chu, Mei Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Digital image analysis; Particle morphology; Particle size distribution; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOLECULAR SIZE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 58049154971     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0135-z     Document Type: Article

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