Biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal in membrane bioreactors: Model development and parameter estimation

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 499-514

  Cosenza, Alida ^a   Mannina, Giorgio ^a   Neumann, Marc B ^b   Viviani, Gaspare ^a   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASM2d SMP; MBR modelling; Membrane fouling; Model calibration; Nitrogen and phosphorus removal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PLANTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ASM2D-SMP; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; MODEL CALIBRATION; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84879452514     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: 16157605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-012-0806-1     Document Type: Article

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