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Optimization of A 2 O BNR Processes Using ASM and EAWAG Bio‐P Models: Model Performance
Author(s) -
El Shorbagy Walid E.,
Radif Nawras N.,
Droste Ronald L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/106143013x13596524517102
Subject(s) - effluent , anoxic waters , activated sludge model , phosphorus , environmental science , biomass (ecology) , environmental engineering , activated sludge , sizing , wastewater , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , environmental chemistry , ecology , engineering , biology , organic chemistry
This paper presents the performance of an optimization model for a biological nutrient removal (BNR) system using the anaerobic‐anoxic‐oxic (A 2 O) process. The formulated model simulates removal of organics, nitrogen, and phosphorus using a reduced International Water Association (IWA) Activated Sludge Model #3 (ASM3) model and a Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG) Bio‐P module. Optimal sizing is attained considering capital and operational costs. Process performance is evaluated against the effect of influent conditions, effluent limits, and selected parameters of various optimal solutions with the following results: an increase of influent temperature from 10 °C to 25 °C decreases the annual cost by about 8.5%, an increase of influent flow from 500 to 2500 m 3 /h triples the annual cost, the A 2 O BNR system is more sensitive to variations in influent ammonia than phosphorus concentration and the maximum growth rate of autotrophic biomass was the most sensitive kinetic parameter in the optimization model.