title: Dynamical model development and parameter identification for an anaerobic wastewater treatment process.
abstract: This paper deals with the development and the parameter identification of an anaerobic digestion process model. A two-step (acidogenesis-methanization) mass-balance model has been considered. The model incorporates electrochemical equilibria in order to include the alkalinity, which has to play a central role in the related monitoring and control strategy of a treatment plant. The identification is based on a set of dynamical experiments designed to cover a wide spectrum of operating conditions that are likely to take place in the practical operation of the plant. A step by step identification procedure to estimate the model parameters is presented. The results of 70 days of experiments in a 1-m(3) fermenter are then used to validate the model.
authors.affiliation: INRIA, COMORE Project, BP93, 06902 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France. obernard@sophia.inria.fr
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hadj-Sadok
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dochain
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Genovesi
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Steyer
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000378:metabolism*; D018533:Biomass; D019149:Bioreactors; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D009862:Online Systems; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D018505:Waste Management / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014920:Wine / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste