Optimal sampling design for a sludge blanket interface settling model

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 1148 - 1154
• Main Authors: Renko, Esa K., Sirviö, Hannu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.1997; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Biological and medical sciences; Biological treatment of waters; Biotechnology; D-optimality; design of experiments; Environment and pollution; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General purification processes; Industrial applications and implications. Economical aspects; modelling; Pollution; sludge settling; Wastewaters; Water treatment and pollution; Wynn-Fedorov algorithm; Wynn-Fedorov algorithm; D-optimality; sludge settling; modelling; design of experiments; Activated sludge; Optimal sampling; Experimental design; Waste water purification; Modeling; Decantation; Interface; Biological purification

An experimental design for a nonlinear sludge blanket interface settling model was examined. The model describes sludge settling in a batch reactor as a function of time having two parameters. The criterion applied in detecting the minimal sampling schedule was the D-optimality. The design was const...