Sensitivity analysis of autotrophic N removal by a granule based bioreactor: Influence of mass transfer versus microbial kinetics

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 230-241

  Vangsgaard, Anna Katrine ^a   Mauricio Iglesias, Miguel ^a   Gernaey, Krist V ^a   Smets, Barth F ^a   Sin, Gürkan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anammox; Autotrophic nitrogen removal; Granular sludge; Modeling; Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANAMMOX; AUTOTROPHIC N-REMOVAL; AUTOTROPHIC NITROGEN REMOVAL; EFFECT OF OXYGEN; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; GRANULAR SLUDGE; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NITRITATION; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING REGIMES; OPTIMAL LOADING; OPTIMAL OPERATION; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS;

LOADING; MODELS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MASS TRANSFER;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOREACTOR; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION; GRANULE BASED BIOREACTOR; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NITRITATION; PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LINEAR MODELS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84865554134     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.07.087     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Bernet N., Sanchez O., Cesbron D., Steyer J.P., Delgenes J.P. Modeling and control of nitrite accumulation in a nitrifying biofilm reactor. Biochem. Eng. J. 2005, 24(2):173-183.
2. Boltz J.P., Morgenroth E., Brockmann D., Bott C., Gellner W.J., Vanrolleghem P.A. Systematic evaluation of biofilm models for engineering practice: components and critical assumptions. Water Sci. Technol. 2011, 64(4):930-944.
3. Brockmann D., Rosenwinkel K.H., Morgenroth E. Practical identifiability of biokinetic parameters of a model describing two-step nitrification in biofilms. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2008, 101(3):497-514.
4. Brockmann D., Morgenroth E. Evaluating operating conditions for outcompeting nitrite oxidizers and maintaining partial nitrification in biofilm systems using biofilm modeling and Monte Carlo filtering. Water Res. 2010, 44(6):1995-2009.
5. Brun R., Kuhni M., Siegrist H., Gujer W., Reichert P. Practical identifiability of ASM2d parameters - systematic selection and tuning of parameter subsets. Water Res. 2002, 36(16):4113-4127.
6. Figueroa M., Vazquez-Padin J.R., Mosquera-Corral A., Campos J.L., Mendez R. Is the CANON reactor an alternative for nitrogen removal from pre-treated swine slurry?. Biochem. Eng. J. 2012, 65:23-29.
7. Hao X.D., Heijnen J.J., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Sensitivity analysis of a biofilm model describing a one-stage completely autotrophic nitrogen removal (CANON) process. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2002, 77(3):266-277.
8. Hao X.D., Heijnen J.J., Van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Model-based evaluation of temperature and inflow variations on a partial nitrification-ANAMMOX biofilm process. Water Res. 2002, 36(19):4839-4849.
9. Heitzig M., Sin G., Glarborg P., Gani R. A computer-aided framework for regression and multi-scale modelling needs in innovative product-process engineering. 20th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process engineering 2010, 28:379-384.
10. Henze M., Gujer W., Mino T., van Loosdrecht M. Activated Sludge Models ASM1, ASM2, ASM2D and ASM3. IWA Scientific and Technical Report no. 9 2000, IWA publishing, London.
11. Insel G., Orhon D., Vanrolleghem P.A. Identification and modelling of aerobic hydrolysis - application of optimal experimental design. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 2003, 78(4):437-445.
12. Joss A., Salzgeber D., Eugster J., Koenig R., Rottermann K., Burger S., Fabijan P., Leumann S., Mohn J., Siegrist H. Full-scale nitrogen removal from digester liquid with partial nitritation and Anammox in one SBR. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43(14):5301-5306.
13. Koch G., Egli K., Van der Meer J.R., Siegrist H. Mathematical modeling of autotrophic denitrification in a nitrifying biofilm of a rotating biological contactor. Water Sci. Technol. 2000, 41(4-5):191-198.
14. Lackner S., Terada A., Smets B.F. Heterotrophic activity compromises autotrophic nitrogen removal in membrane-aerated biofilms: results of a modeling study. Water Res. 2008, 42(4-5):1102-1112.
15. Masic A., Bengtsson J., Christensson M. Measuring and modeling the oxygen profile in a nitrifying moving bed biofilm reactor. Math. Biosci. 2010, 227(1):1-11.
16. Ni B., Chen Y., Liu S., Fang F., Xie W., Yu H. Modeling a granule-based anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (Anammox) process. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2009, 103(3):490-499.
17. Nicolella C., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Heijnen J.J. Mass transfer and reaction in a biofilm airlift suspension reactor. Chem. Eng. Sci. 1998, 53(15):2743-2753.
18. Perry R.H., Green D.W. Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook 1997, McGraw-Hill publishing, New York. seventh ed.
19. Picioreau C., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Heijnen J.J. Modelling the effect of oxygen concentration on nitrite accumulation in a biofilm airlift suspension reactor. Water Sci. Technol. 1997, 36(1):147-156.
20. Rush, D., Wakeham, S.G., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damste, J.S., in press. Biomarker evidence for anammox in the oxygen minimum zone of the Eastern Tropical North Pacific. Org. Geochem. doi. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggoechem.2012.02.005.
21. Saltelli A., Ratto M., Andres T., Campolongo F., Cariboni J., Gatelli D., Saisana M., Tarantola S. Global Sensitivity Analysis. The Primer 2008, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., West Sussex.
22. Sin G., Gernaey K.V., Neumann M.B., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Gujer W. Uncertainty analysis in WWTP model applications: a critical discussion using an example from design. Water Res. 2009, 43(11):2894-2906.
23. Sin G., Gernaey K.V., Neumann M.B., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Gujer W. Global sensitivity analysis in wastewater treatment plant model applications: prioritizing sources of uncertainty. Water Res. 2011, 45(2):639-651.
24. Strous M., Heijnen J.J., Kuenen J.G., Jetten M.S.M. The sequencing batch reactor as a powerful tool for the study of slowly growing anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing microorganisms. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 1998, 50(5):589-596.
25. Strous M., Kuenen J.G., Jetten M.S.M. Key physiology of anaerobic ammonium oxidation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1999, 65(7):3248-3250.
26. Terada A., Lackner S., Tsuneda S., Smets B.F. Redox-stratification controlled biofilm (ReSCoBi) for completely autotrophic nitrogen removal: the effect of co- versus counter-diffusion on reactor performance. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2007, 97(1):40-51.
27. Tora J.A., Lafuente J., Baeza J.A., Carrera J. Combined effect of inorganic carbon limitation and inhibition by free ammonia and free nitrous acid on ammonia oxidizing bacteria. Bioresour. Technol. 2010, 101:6051-6058.
28. van de Graaf A.A., Mulder A., Debruijn P., Jetten M.S.M., Robertson L.A., Kuenen J.G. Anaerobic oxidation of ammonium is a biologically mediated process. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1995, 61(4):1246-1251.
29. Van Hulle S.W.H., Volcke E.I.P., Teruel J.L., Donckels B., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Vanrolleghem P.A. Influence of temperature and pH on the kinetics of the Sharon nitritation process. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 2007, 82(5):471-480.
30. Van Hulle S.W.H., Vandeweyer H.J.P., Meesschaert B.D., Vanrolleghem P.A., Dejans P., Dumoulin A. Engineering aspects and practical application of autotrophic nitrogen removal from nitrogen rich streams. Chem. Eng. J. 2010, 162(1):1-20.
31. Vazquez-Padin J., Fernadez I., Figueroa M., Mosquera-Corral A., Campos J.L., Mendez R. Applications of Anammox based porcesses to treat anaerobic digester supernatant at room temperature. Bioresour. Technol. 2009, 100:2988-2994.
32. Vlaeminck S.E., Terada A., Smets B.F., De Clippeleir H., Schaubroeck T., Bolca S., Demeestere L., Mast J., Boon N., Carballa M., Verstraete W. Aggregate size and architecture determine microbial activity balance for one-stage partial nitritation and anammox. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2010, 76(3):900-909.
33. Volcke E.I.P., Picioreanu C., De Baets B., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Effect of granule size on autotrophic nitrogen removal in a granular sludge reactor. Environ. Technol. 2010, 31(11):1271-1280.
34. Wanner O., Eberl H.J., Morgenroth E., Noguera D.R., Picioreanu C., Rittmann B.E., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Mathematical Modeling of Biofilms - IWA Scientific and Technical Report no. 18 2006, IWA publishing, London.
35. Wiesmann U. Biological nitrogen removal from wastewater. Adv. Biochem. Eng. Biotechnol. 1994, 51:113-154.