Vision-based system for the control and measurement of wastewater flow rate in sewer systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2281-2289

  Nguyen, L S ^a   Schaeli, B ^a   Sage, D ^a   Kayal, S ^a   Jeanbourquin, D ^a   Barry, D A ^a   Rossi, L ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Combined sewer overflow; Flow measurement; Homography; Image processing; Video monitoring; Water level measurement

Indexed keywords

COMBINED SEWERS; FLOWMETERS; HYDRAULICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PROBES; TRANSMITTERS; USER INTERFACES; WASTEWATER; WATER LEVELS;

COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; HOMOGRAPHIES; HOMOGRAPHY; VIDEO MONITORING;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; CONTROL SYSTEM; FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; SEWER NETWORK; STORMWATER; VIDEOGRAPHY; WASTEWATER; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMAGE PROCESSING; RELIABILITY; SEWER; VIDEORECORDING; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SANITATION; SEWAGE; TIME;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 74049153749     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.659     Document Type: Article

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