Expert control for a stable operation of a partial nitrification system to treat highly concentrated ammonium wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1191-1199

  Jubany, Irene ^a   Carrera, Julián ^a   Lafuente, Javier ^a   Baeza, Juan Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AOB; Control; NOB; OUR; Partial nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM OXIDATION; BIOMASS ACTIVITY; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; CONTINUOUS PILOT PLANTS; EXPERT CONTROL; EXPERT RULE; FEEDBACK CONTROL LOOPS; HIGH-STRENGTH AMMONIUM; INFLOW CONTROL; MILD TEMPERATURES; NITRIFYING BIOMASS; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; REACTORS IN SERIES; ROBUST OPERATION; SET-POINT; SETPOINTS; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; STABLE OPERATION;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PILOT PLANTS; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBUST CONTROL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AERATION; AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITRITE; OXIDATION; PH; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROL SYSTEM; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; OXIDATION; PH; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 70350516779     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.465     Document Type: Article

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