An advanced simulation model for membrane bioreactors: Development, calibration and validation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1384-1391

  Ludwig, T ^a   Gaida, D ^a   Keysers, C ^b   Pinnekamp, J ^b   Bongards, M ^a   Kern, P ^a   Wolf, C ^a   Sousa Brito, A L ^a  

^a Institute of Automation and Industrial IT ^*  (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Filtration; Membrane; Modelling; Simulation; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; ADVANCED SIMULATION; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; FILTRATION PROCESS; FLAT-SHEET MEMBRANE; GERMANY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CALIBRATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MODELS; WASTEWATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION; PURIFICATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FILTRATION; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84867635744     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.249     Document Type: Article

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