title: Calibration and validation of an ASM3-based steady-state model for activated sludge systems--part II: Prediction of phosphorus removal.
abstract: An ASM3-based steady-state model which can be used for estimating the average nitrogen-removal, sludge-production and phosphorus-removal rates of different biological phosphorus-removing systems (AAO, UCT, intermittent processes) is developed. It considers the wastewater composition, the oxygen and nitrate input in the anaerobic compartment and the interaction between biological phosphorus removal and denitrification for different operating conditions. The model is calibrated and validated with data from a number of long-term pilot and full-scale experiments for Swiss municipal wastewater. The steady-state model is adequate for a comparison of different BPR process configurations or for a first estimation of the nutrient-removal efficiency. It allows the plant performance and key parameters to be determined very quickly. Excel spreadsheets of the model for different flow schemes are available from the corresponding author.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Dübendorf.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kühni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Siegrist
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011122:Polyphosphates / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012722:Sewage / Q000032:analysis*; D013557:Switzerland; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D011122:Polyphosphates; D012722:Sewage; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C485828:alpha-tricalcium phosphate; C485830:tetracalcium phosphate; D010758:Phosphorus; C485838:calcium phosphate, monobasic, anhydrous; C020243:calcium phosphate; C485829:calcium phosphate, dibasic, anhydrous