title: Automated monitoring of activated sludge in a pilot plant using image analysis.
abstract: An automated procedure for the characterisation by image analysis of the morphology of activated sludge has been used to monitor the biomass in a pilot wastewater treatment plant, in complement to the usual settleability (sludge volume index, settling velocity) and size distribution (by laser granulometry) measurements.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Sciences du Génie Chimique, CNRS-ENSIC-INPL, 1, rue Grandville, F-54001 Nancy, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: da Motta
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pons
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Roche
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D018533:Biomass; D008954:Models, Biological; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012722:Sewage; D014741:Video Recording; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D018508:Water Purification / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical