title: Modelling biological phosphorus removal from a cheese factory effluent by an SBR.
abstract: A mathematical model, named A3DX, based on ASM3(A3) for C and N removal, on the bio-P metabolic model of the Technological University of Delft (D), and on extra processes (X) for chemical and biological phosphorus removal, was developed and used to simulate the treatment of a fermented cheese factory effluent by a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). Experimental data obtained from a pilot-scale SBR were used to calibrate the model. The model calibration was performed by changing a minimal number (four) of default values for parameters, and by introducing a Monod function to account for magnesium limitation. This study suggests that the value of stoichiometric and kinetic model parameters determined with municipal effluents or enriched bio-P cultures can be reasonably used with some agro-industrial effluents with minimal parameter adjustment for calibration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3A7.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ky
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Comeau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perrier
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takacs
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D002611:Cheese; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D010758:Phosphorus