title: Optimal but robust N and P removal in Sbrs: a model-based systematic study of operation scenarios.
abstract: A systematic approach to determine the optimal operation strategy for nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) removal of sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) has been developed and applied successfully to a lab-scale SBR. The methodology developed is based on using a grid of possible scenarios to simulate the effect of the key degrees of freedom in the SBR system. The grid of scenarios is simulated using a calibrated ASM2dN model developed and calibrated in a previous study. Effluent quality in combination with a robustness index for each of the scenarios is used to select the best scenario. With the best scenario, it is possible to improve/increase the current performance of the SBR system by around 54% and 74% for N and P removal respectively.
authors.affiliation: BIOMATH, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Insel
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Vanrolleghem
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D002138:Calibration; D008954:Models, Biological; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013997:Time Factors; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D009584:Nitrogen