Aeration control - A review

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2374-2398

  Amand L ^a   Olsson, G ^c   Carlsson, B ^b  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aeration; Control strategies; Dissolved oxygen control; Review; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION CONTROL; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONVENTIONAL CONTROL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONTROL; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; OPTIMAL CONTROLLER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AUTOMATION; CONTROL; REVIEWS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION;

RESEARCH;

AMMONIA; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; AERATION; AUTOMATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; SIMULATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AERATION CONTROL; AIR; ALGORITHM; CENTRIFUGATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MODEL; REVIEW; SENSOR; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TITRIMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AEROBIOSIS; ALGORITHMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84878942843     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.139     Document Type: Review

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