Improving nutrient removal while reducing energy use at three Swiss WWTPs using advanced control

Water Environment Research

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 170-188

  Rieger, Leiv ^a,b   Takács, Imre ^c   Siegrist, Hansruedi ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b EnviroSim Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^c EnviroSim Europe   (France)

Author keywords

Activated sludge model; Aeration control; Ammonia control; Biological nutrient removal; Control system design; Denitrification; Energy savings

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; AERATION CONTROL; AERATION CONTROL ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; FULL-SCALE IMPLEMENTATION; MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AMMONIA; CARBON FLUX; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ENERGY USE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DENITRIFICATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84860191148     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143011X13233670703684     Document Type: Article

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