Validation of a knowledge-based risk model for biological foaming in anaerobic digestion simulation

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-229

  Dalmau, Jordi ^a   Comas, Joaquim ^a   Rodríguez Roda, Ignasi ^a   Latrille, Eric ^b   Steyer, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Foaming; Fuzzy logic; Knowledge based systems; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958532550     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2010.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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