Monitoring of activated sludge settling ability through image analysis: Validation on full-scale wastewater treatment plants

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-367

  Mesquita, D P ^a   Dias, O ^a   Amaral, A L ^a,b   Ferreira, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aggregates; Filaments; Image analysis; Settling ability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; FILAMENTS; MATLAB ENVIRONMENTS; MICROBIAL AGGREGATES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SETTLING ABILITY; SLUDGE VOLUME INDICES; SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATIONS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AGGREGATES; BIOACTIVITY; FILAMENTS (LAMP); IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATLAB; PHASE SEPARATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROSCOPY; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 62949098521     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-008-0255-z     Document Type: Article

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