Benchmarking biological nutrient removal in wastewater treatment plants: Influence of mathematical model assumptions

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1496-1505

  Flores Alsina, Xavier ^a   Gernaey, Krist V ^b   Jeppsson, Ulf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activated sludge model; ASM1; ASM2d; ASM3; Benchmarking; Electron acceptor dependent decay; Reactive settler

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; ASM1; ASM2D; ASM3; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; REACTIVE SETTLER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLARIFIERS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DENITRIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BENCHMARKING;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BENCHMARKING; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84860204173     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.039     Document Type: Article

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