Optimization of an operating domestic wastewater treatment plant using elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1481-1496

  Iqbal, Jawed ^b   Guria, Chandan ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; Domestic wastewater treatment; Genetic algorithm; Multi objective optimization; Plant optimization

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; DECISION VARIABLES; DISCHARGE EFFLUENTS; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ECONOMIC CRITERIA; EFFICIENT PLANTS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; ELITIST NON-DOMINATED SORTING GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INFLUENT FLOW RATE; INPUT PARAMETER; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; MODEL RESULTS; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; NONDOMINATED SOLUTIONS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; PLANT DATA; PLANT OPERATIONS; PLANT OPTIMIZATION; PLANT PERFORMANCE; RESIDENCE TIME; SECOND OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGE CONCENTRATION; SQUARE ERRORS; UNDERFLOWS; WEIGHTED SUM;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; KINETIC PARAMETERS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SORTING; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

EID: 74249101492     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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