Ammonia-based feedforward and feedback aeration control in activated sludge processes

Water Environment Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-73

  Rieger, Leiv ^a   Jones, Richard M ^a   Dold, Peter L ^a   Bott, Charles B ^b  

^a EnviroSim Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^b HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration control; Ammonia based control; Energy savings; Feedback control; Feedforward control; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; CARBON; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FEEDFORWARD CONTROL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION;

AERATION CONTROL; AMMONIA-BASED; CONTROL APPROACH; CONTROLLED VARIABLES; EXTERNAL CARBON ADDITION; FEED-FORWARD; LOAD CHANGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

FEEDBACK;

AMMONIA; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AMMONIA; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84892553259     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143013X13596524516987     Document Type: Article

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