Study of saline wastewater influence on activated sludge flocs through automated image analysis

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 554-560

  Mesquita, Daniela P ^a   Amaral, Antonio L ^a,b   Ferreira, Eugenio C ^a   Coelho, Maria A Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aggregates; Image analysis; Multivariate statistical techniques; Settling ability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE FLOCS; AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; CRITICAL STEPS; DATA POINTS; DEFLOCCULATION; DISPERSED BACTERIA; EFFLUENT QUALITY; FLOC FORMATION; GOOD CORRELATIONS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SALINE WASTEWATER; SALT ADDITION; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT CONTENT; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SETTLING ABILITY; SLUDGE SETTLING; SLUDGE SYSTEMS; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AGGREGATES; BATCH REACTORS; BIOACTIVITY; BIOMASS; EFFLUENTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE SETTLING; WASTE WATER;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 67449128705     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2078     Document Type: Article

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