Model-based energy optimisation of a small-scale decentralised membrane bioreactor for urban reuse

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4047-4056

  Verrecht, Bart ^a   Maere, Thomas ^b   Benedetti, Lorenzo ^b   Nopens, Ingmar ^b   Judd, Simon ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Energy; MBR calibration; Model based optimisation; Reuse; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING;

CALIBRATED MODEL; EFFLUENT QUALITY; ENERGY; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; MBR CALIBRATION; MODEL BASED OPTIMIZATION; MODEL-BASED OPC; REUSE; SCENARIOS ANALYSIS; SMALL SCALE;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

AERATION; BIOACTIVITY; BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHATE; RECYCLING; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOREACTORS; CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OXYGEN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77954219227     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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