Sensitivity analysis of optimal operation of an activated sludge process model for economic controlled variable selection

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 9908-9921

  De Araujo, Antonio C B ^a   Gallani, Simone ^a   Mulas, Michela ^b   Skogestad, Sigurd ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; CONTROLLED VARIABLES; DISCONTINUOUS FLUXES; ECONOMIC OPERATIONS; IMPLEMENTATION ERROR; SENSITIVITY METHODS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

EID: 84880895178     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie4006673     Document Type: Article

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