Wastewater treatment modelling in practice: A collaborative discussion of the state of the art

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 695-704

  Phillips, H M ^a   Sahlstedt, K E ^b   Frank, K ^c   Bratby, J ^d   Brennan, W ^e   Rogowski, S ^e   Pier, D ^e   Anderson, W ^e   Mulas, M ^f   Copp, J B ^g   Shirodkar, N ^h  

^a BLACK AND VEATCH   (United States)

^b Pöyry Environment Ltd   (Finland)

^c Metcalf and Eddy   (United States)

^d BROWN AND CALDWELL   (United States)

^e Metro Wastewater Reclamation District   (United States)

^f AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^g Primodal Inc   (Canada)

^h Western Branch Wastewater Treatment Plant   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Full scale; Modelling; Nitrogen removal; Solids balance; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; FINLAND; FULL-SCALE; MODELLING; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; STATE OF THE ART; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; VALIDATION APPROACH; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CALIBRATION; DENITRIFICATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; METHANOL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; RANGE FINDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CALIBRATION; DENITRIFICATION; METHANOL; MODELING; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINLAND; MARYLAND; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 62949135463     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.591     Document Type: Article

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