Impact of influent data frequency and model structure on the quality of WWTP model calibration and uncertainty

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-242

  Cierkens, Katrijn ^a   Plano, Salvatore ^a   Benedetti, Lorenzo ^a,b   Weijers, Stefan ^c   De Jonge, Jarno ^c   Nopens, Ingmar ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WATERWAYS srl   (Italy)

^c Waterschap De Dommel   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calibration data frequency; Confidence interval; Full scale modelling; Input data frequency; Model structure; Output uncertainty; WWTP model calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION DATA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FULL-SCALE MODELLING; INPUT DATA FREQUENCY; OUTPUT UNCERTAINTY; WWTP MODEL CALIBRATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; MODEL STRUCTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CALIBRATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIUM; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGY; CALIBRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CALIBRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84856301099     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.081     Document Type: Article

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