Closed-loop control of ammonium concentration in nitritation: Convenient for reactor operation but also for modeling

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 655-663

  Jemaat, Zulkifly ^a   Bartrolí, Albert ^a,b   Isanta, Eduardo ^a   Carrera, Julián ^a   Suárez Ojeda, María Eugenia ^a   Pérez, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b AERIS Tecnologias Ambientales SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Closed loop control; Granular airlift reactor; Nitrogen loading rate; On line ammonium measurement; Partial nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTOR OPERATION;

AEROBIC GRANULAR REACTOR; AIR-LIFT REACTORS; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; BIOFILM MODELS; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONTINUOUS MODE; NITRITATION; NITROGEN LOADING; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; PERIODIC DISTURBANCES; RATIO CONTROL; SETPOINTS; TOTAL AMMONIA NITROGENS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN;

AMMONIUM; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL METHOD; EFFLUENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 84870479486     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.10.045     Document Type: Article

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