Temperature as an alternative tracer for the determination of the mixing characteristics in wastewater treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1765-1776

  Ahnert, Markus ^a   Kuehn, Volker ^a   Krebs, Peter ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated sludge modelling; Compartment model approach; Dead zone; Flow through characteristics; Residence time distribution; Short circuiting; Temperature; Tracer

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; RECLAMATION; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TIMING CIRCUITS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODELING; COMPARTMENT MODEL APPROACH; COMPARTMENT MODELING; DEAD ZONES; FLOW-THROUGH CHARACTERISTIC; FLOWTHROUGH; LAB SCALE TESTS; MODELING APPROACH; SHORT CIRCUITING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RAIN; STORM WATER; AMMONIA; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRACER; WASTEWATER; WATER EXCHANGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DENITRIFICATION; MEASUREMENT; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW KINETICS; KINETICS; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TIME; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; PILOT PROJECTS; RAIN; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 76949108680     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.11.047     Document Type: Article

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