Advanced monitoring platform for industrial wastewater treatment: Multivariable approach using the self-organizing map

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 193-201

  Liukkonen, Mika ^a   Laakso, Ilkka ^b   Hiltunen, Yrjö ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Stora Enso   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Monitoring; Self organizing map; Warning; Wastewater; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT PLANT; ADVANCED DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MULTIVARIABLE APPROACH; PROCESS MEASUREMENTS; WARNING;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; DATA PROCESSING; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MONITORING; RECLAMATION; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA PROCESSING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MONITORING SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; WARNING SYSTEM; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84881235346     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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