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1: Water Sci Technol. 2005;52(10-11):1-11.Links

Anaerobic digestion: a new model for plant-wide wastewater treatment process modelling.

Copp JB, Belia E, Snowling S, Schraa O.

Hydromantis, Inc., 1685 Main St. West, Suite 302, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 3A4 Canada. copp@hydromantis.com

This paper describes a new anaerobic digestion model for wastewater treatment systems (MantisAD). The model has been developed specifically for plant-wide wastewater treatment modelling. That is, rather than modelling nitrogen as a series of fractions of other carbonaceous state variables, this new model includes six dedicated nitrogen state variables. This structure makes this new anaerobic model easier to incorporate into plant-wide models by simplifying the aerobic/anaerobic model interfaces. The model is complete and initial success with the model has been achieved. A comprehensive description of the model including a Petersen Matrix representation of the model is included as is a case study in which the model is applied to full-scale anaerobic digesters.

PMID: 16459771 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]