Automated monitoring of activated sludge using image analysis

An automated procedure for the characterisation by image analysis of the morphology of activated sludge has been used to monitor in a systematic manner the biomass in wastewater treatment plants. Over a period of one year, variations in terms mainly of the fractal dimension of flocs and of the amoun...

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Main Author: Motta, Maurício da (author)
Other Authors: Pons, M. N. (author), Roche, N. (author), Amaral, A. L. (author), Ferreira, Eugénio C. (author), Alves, M. M. (author), Mota, M. (author), Vivier, H. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2000
Subjects:
Filamentous bacteria
Flocs
Image analysis
Morphology
Settleability
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1822/2876
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/2876
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Summary:An automated procedure for the characterisation by image analysis of the morphology of activated sludge has been used to monitor in a systematic manner the biomass in wastewater treatment plants. Over a period of one year, variations in terms mainly of the fractal dimension of flocs and of the amount of filamentous bacteria could be related to rain events affecting the plant influent flow rate and composition.

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