Critical review of activated sludge modeling: State of process knowledge, modeling concepts, and limitations

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-46

  Hauduc, H ^a,b   Rieger, L ^c   Oehmen, A ^d   van Loosdrecht, M C M ^e   Comeau, Y ^f   Heduit A ^a   Vanrolleghem, P A ^b   Gillot, S ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c EnviroSim Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASM; Biological nutrient removal; Model selection; Modeling concepts

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ASM; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; CRITICAL REVIEW; HELP MODEL; MODEL QUALITIES; MODEL SELECTION; MODELING CONCEPTS; PHOSPHORUS ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; POLYPHOSPHATES; PROCESS KNOWLEDGE; RESEARCH NEEDS; SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AUTOTROPH; FERMENTATION; HETEROTROPH; HYDROLYSIS; MODEL; NITRIFYER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STANDARD; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84869880889     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24624     Document Type: Review

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