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Modelling and simulation revealing mechanisms likely responsible for achieving the nitrite pathway through aeration controlA Guisasola
Departament d Enginyeria Quimica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
Water Sci Technol 61:1459-65. 2010..Moreover, the results show that the occurrence of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification under "aerobic" conditions is very helpful for the nitrite pathway obtainment and for a more efficient COD utilisation...
Development of a model for assessing methane formation in rising main sewersAlbert Guisasola
Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067 Queensland, Australia Departament d Enginyeria Química, ETSE, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Water Res 43:2874-84. 2009..The simulation results showed that methane production was highly correlated with the hydraulic residence time (HRT) and pipe area to volume (A/V) ratio showing higher methane concentrations at a long HRT or a larger A/V ratio...
Methane formation in sewer systemsAlbert Guisasola
Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067 Queensland, Australia
Water Res 42:1421-30. 2008..The potential interactions between sulphate-reducing and methanogenic bacteria in sewer networks are discussed...
Improving the start-up of an EBPR system using OUR to control the aerobic phase length: a simulation studyA Guisasola
Department d Enginyeria Quimica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Water Sci Technol 53:253-62. 2006..The kinetic mod for simulations was a modification of the Activated Sludge Model 2d...
A two-sludge system for simultaneous biological C, N and P removal via the nitrite pathwayM Marcelino
Departament d Enginyeria Quimica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
Water Sci Technol 64:1142-7. 2011..8, 7.5 and 8.2) and, despite some efficiency lost due to the pH fluctuations, the system was able to remove most of the C, N and P present in the wastewater...
On-line titrimetric monitoring of anaerobic-anoxic EBPR processesM Vargas
Departament d Enginyeria Química ETSE, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Water Sci Technol 57:1149-54. 2008..Therefore, titrimetry is an on-line measurement with a high potential to implement new control strategies in DPAO lab-scale SBR systems...
Limitations of ASM1 and ASM3: a comparison based on batch oxygen uptake rate profiles from different full-scale wastewater treatment plantsA Guisasola
Department d Enginyeria Quimica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
Water Sci Technol 52:69-77. 2005..Based on these values, possible improvements to the modelling of the biological COD removal, such as the inclusion of simultaneous growth and storage on external substrate, are proposed...
Impact of nitrate addition on biofilm properties and activities in rising main sewersJ Mohanakrishnan
Advanced Water Management Centre, Building 60, Research Road, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
Water Res 43:4225-37. 2009....
Observation and mathematical description of the acceleration phenomenon in batch respirograms associated with ammonium oxidationA Guisasola
Department of Chemical Engineering, ETSE, , 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Water Sci Technol 54:181-8. 2006..This work proposes a simple methodology to successfully describe (not to explain) the acceleration phenomenon estimating only two parameters. This methodology consists of introducing a Gaussian-like expression in the model...
An off-line respirometric procedure to determine inhibition and toxicity of biodegradable compounds in biomass from an industrial WWTPA Guisasola
Chemical Engineering Dept, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
Water Sci Technol 48:267-75. 2003..Moreover, some examples are shown with p-phenylenediamine and phenol as an example of toxic and inhibitor for nitrifying biomass...
Enhanced biological phosphorus removal in a sequencing batch reactor using propionate as the sole carbon sourceM Pijuan
, ETSE, , 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona, Spain
Biotechnol Bioeng 85:56-67. 2004..5. This is the first study of the microbial community involved in EBPR developed with propionate as a sole carbon source along with detailed process performance investigations of the propionate-utilizing PAOs...
Net P-removal deterioration in enriched PAO sludge subjected to permanent aerobic conditionsMaite Pijuan
, ETSE, , 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
J Biotechnol 123:117-26. 2006..The observed changes in the different compounds analysed (phosphorus, acetate, glycogen and PHB) as well as in the OUR profile indicate that metabolic changes are produced for the adaptation of PAO to aerobic conditions...
A new approach for modelling simultaneous storage and growth processes for activated sludge systems under aerobic conditionsGurkan Sin
BIOMATH, Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Biotechnol Bioeng 92:600-13. 2005....
Aerobic phosphorus release linked to acetate uptake in bio-P sludge: process modeling using oxygen uptake rateAlbert Guisasola
, ETSE, , 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Biotechnol Bioeng 85:722-33. 2004..The OHO hypothesis described the experimental profiles more accurately than the PAO hypothesis...
