Aerobic stabilization of biological sludge characterized by an extremely low decay rate: Modeling, identifiability analysis and parameter estimation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 166, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-119

  Martinez Garcia C G ^a   Olguin M T ^b   Fall, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accumulating organisms; Activated sludge models; Aerobic digestion; Biosolids; Endogenous residues

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECAY (ORGANIC); RATE CONSTANTS; STABILIZATION;

ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; AEROBIC DIGESTIONS; AEROBIC STABILIZATION; ENDOGENOUS RESIDUES; HETEROTROPHIC BIOMASS; IDENTIFIABILITY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

VOLATILE AGENT; GLYCOGEN; SEWAGE;

BIOMASS; DIGESTIBILITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLUDGE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HETEROTROPHY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE; WASTE WATER; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; GLYCOGEN; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84901975500     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.024     Document Type: Article

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