Settler dynamic modeling and MATLAB simulation of the activated sludge process

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-183

  David, R ^a   Vasel, J L ^b   Vande Wouwer, A ^a  

^a FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Numerical techniques; Parameter estimation; Partial differential equations; Secondary settler; Sedimentation; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; BIOACTIVITY; CLARIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ESTIMATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MATLAB; METAL ANALYSIS; MODEL STRUCTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGES; BATCH SETTLING; BELGIUM; CONVECTION DIFFUSIONS; DISCRETIZATION; DYNAMIC MODELING; DYNAMIC SIMULATORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FINITE VOLUMES; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MATLAB SIMULATIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; NUMBER OF LAYERS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SECONDARY SETTLER; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATION METHODS; SPATIAL DOMAINS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

EID: 59349085179     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.05.038     Document Type: Article

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