Modeling and simulation of the sequencing batch reactor at a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2186-2196

  Ni, Bing Jie ^a   Xie, Wen Ming ^a   Liu, Shao Gen ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a   Wang, Ying Zhe ^b   Wang, Gan ^b   Da, Xian Liang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Guozhen Environmental Protection Company   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Calibration; Characterization; Model; Reactor(SBR); Sequencing batch; Simulation; Validation; Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; REACTOR(SBR); SEQUENCING BATCH; SIMULATION; VALIDATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP);

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CALIBRATION; FORECASTING; OXYGEN; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SIMULATORS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 68049120465     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11820     Document Type: Article

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