| Title | Modelling wastewater treatment in a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor |
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| Publication Type | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Year of Publication | 2015 |
| Authors | Spagni, A., Ferraris M., and Casu S. |
| Journal | Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering |
| Volume | 50 |
| Pagination | 325-331 |
| ISSN | 10934529 |
| Keywords | Anaerobic digestion, Anaerobic digestion model, anaerobic growth, Anaerobic membrane, Anaerobic waste water treatment, Anaerobiosis, article, Bioconversion, Biogas, biological phenomena and functions concerning the entire organism, Bioreactor, Bioreactors, carbohydrate, cheese, Cheese whey, Chemical, chemical model, Chemical oxygen demand, chemistry, Fluid, Hydrolysis, Industrial wastewaters, mathematical model, Membrane bioreactor, membrane reactor, Models, procedures, sewage, Submerged anaerobic mbr, Submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors, sucrose, suspended particulate matter, Waste disposal, waste water, waste water management, Wastewater treatment, whey |
| Abstract | Mathematical modelling has been widely applied to membrane bioreactor (MBRs) processes. However, to date, very few studies have reported on the application of the anaerobic digestion model N.1 (ADM1) to anaerobic membrane processes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of the ADM1 to a submerged anaerobic MBR (SAMBR) treating simulated industrial wastewater composed of cheese whey and sucrose. This study demonstrated that the biological processes involved in SAMBRs can be modelled by using the ADM1. Moreover, the results showed that very few modifications of the parameters describing the ADM1 were required to reasonably fit the experimental data. In particular, adaptation to the specific conditions of the coefficients describing the wastewater characterisation and the reduction of the hydrolysis rate of particulate carbohydrate (khyd,ch) from 0.25 d-1 (as suggested by the ADM1 for high-rate mesophilic reactors) to 0.13 d-1 were required to fit the experimental data. Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. |
| Notes | cited By 2 |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84921327793&doi=10.1080%2f10934529.2015.981123&partnerID=40&md5=433b21c321924e028052a2bf4cb9c4fa |
| DOI | 10.1080/10934529.2015.981123 |
| Citation Key | Spagni2015325 |
