Optimization of the determination of chemical oxygen demand in wastewaters

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 699, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-169

  Viana da Silva, Alexandra M E ^a   Bettencourt da Silva, Ricardo J N ^a   Camões, M Filomena G F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemical oxygen demand; Optimization; Uncertainty; Validation; Wastewaters

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COST-EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; DETAILED MODELS; DEVELOPED MODEL; DIFFERENTIAL APPROACH; ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; MEASUREMENT QUALITY; MEASUREMENT TRACEABILITY; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MS EXCEL; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; PROFICIENCY TESTS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION; VALIDATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST REDUCTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; MEASUREMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; QUALITY CONTROL; TITRATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECONOMIC ASPECT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 79959556369     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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