Potential and limitations of modern equipment for real time control of urban wastewater systems

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 300-311

  Campisano, A ^a   Cabot Ple, J ^b   Muschalla, D ^c   Pleau, M ^d   Vanrolleghem, P A ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Clavegueram de Barcelona   (Spain)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d BPR CSO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

control; fault detection; instrumentation; RTC; SCADA; storm water management; telemetry; wastewater systems

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FUTURE PROSPECT; GUIDELINE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REAL TIME; SENSOR; TELEMETRY; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84885174914     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2013.763996     Document Type: Article

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