Development of a mechanistic model for biological nutrient removal activated sludge systems and application to a full-scale WWTP

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1626-1638

  Ni, Bing Jie ^a   Xie, Wen Ming ^a   Liu, Shao Gen ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a   Gan, Yi Ping ^b   Zhou, Jun ^b   Hao, Er Cheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Beijing Drainage Group Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Biological nutrient removal (BNR); Denitrification; Modeling; Nitrification; Nitrite; Phosphorus; Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL NO. 3; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; ANOXIC P-UPTAKE; BATCH TESTS; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; CALIBRATED MODEL; COD REMOVAL; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MODEL PREDICTION; MODELING; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; NITRITE; P REMOVAL; P-MODEL; PHOSPHORUS ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; SIMULATION RESULT; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTEWATER COMPOSITION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP); WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77955821656     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12066     Document Type: Article

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