Modeling risk of failure in nitrification: Simple model incorporating abundance and diversity

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 660-665

  Ofieru, Irina Dana ^a,b   Curtis, Thomas Peter ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Ammonia; Failures; Nitrification; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION RATE; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS; CLASSICAL TECHNIQUES; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; ENGINEERING PREDICTION; FAILURES; MODELING RISK; RELIABLE PERFORMANCE; RISK BASED APPROACHES; RISK OF FAILURE; RISK-BASED; SIMPLE MODEL; STANDARD DEVIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIA; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FORECASTING; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DECISION MAKING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AMMONIA; EFFLUENT; MODELING; NITRIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 67749108370     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2009)135:8(660)     Document Type: Article

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