Systematic approach to the design of operation and control policies in activated sludge systems

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 8542-8557

  De Araújo, Antonio C B ^a   Gallani, Simone ^a   Mulas, Michela ^b   Olsson, Gustaf ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; ANOXIC TANK; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; CONTROL CONFIGURATION; CONTROL HIERARCHY; CONTROL STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC OPERATIONS; EFFLUENT DISCHARGE; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; GOOD PRACTICES; LOWER BOUNDS; MULTI VARIABLES; NON-LINEAR MODEL; OPERATION AND CONTROL; OPTIMAL SETS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PI CONTROLLER; REGULATORY LIMIT; SIMULATION MODEL; SYSTEMATIC DESIGNS; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY; UPPER LIMITS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; EFFLUENTS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

EID: 79960381868     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101703s     Document Type: Article

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