Stepwise calibration of the activated sludge model no. 1 at a partially denitrifying large wastewater treatment plant

Water Environment Research

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2036-2048

  Fall, C ^a   Espinosa Rodriguez, M A ^a,b   Flores Alamo, N ^a,c   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^d   Hooijmans, C M ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Nayarit   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE TOLUCA   (Mexico)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge model; ASM1; Calibration; Denitrification; Fractionation; Nitrification; Protocol; Reactive clarifier

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLARIFIERS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FRACTIONATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; ASM1; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; HALF SATURATIONS; KINETIC CONSTANT; RETURN ACTIVATED SLUDGE; SLUDGE QUANTITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; FLOCCULATION; HYDRAULICS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 81155123373     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143011X12989211841179     Document Type: Article

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