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Application of the General Model "Biological Nutrient Removal Model No.1" to upgrade two full-scale WWTPs
2012
In this paper, two practical case studies for upgrading two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) using the general model BNRM1 (Biological Nutrient Removal Model No. 1) are presented. In the first case study, the Tarragona WWTP was upgraded by reducing the phosphorus load to the anaerobic digester in order to minimize the precipitation problems. Phosphorus load reduction was accomplished by mixing the primary sludge and the secondary sludge and by elutriating the mixed sludge. In the second case study, the Alcantarilla WWTP, the nutrient removal was enhanced by maintaining a relatively low dissolved oxygen concentration in Stage A to maintain the acidogenic bacteria activity. The VFA produce…
Biological Nutrient Removal Model No. 2 (BNRM2): a general model for wastewater treatment plants
2013
This paper presents the plant-wide model Biological Nutrient Removal Model No. 2 (BNRM2). Since nitrite was not considered in the BNRM1, and this previous model also failed to accurately simulate the anaerobic digestion because precipitation processes were not considered, an extension of BNRM1 has been developed. This extension comprises all the components and processes required to simulate nitrogen removal via nitrite and the formation of the solids most likely to precipitate in anaerobic digesters. The solids considered in BNRM2 are: struvite, amorphous calcium phosphate, hidroxyapatite, newberite, vivianite, strengite, variscite, and calcium carbonate. With regard to nitrogen removal via…
Caracterización de las aguas residuales y calibración del modelo matemático BNRM1 para la simulación de los procesos de eliminación biológica de mate…
2009
La necesidad de profundizar en el conocimiento del proceso de depuración biológica de las aguas residuales, para la eliminación de materia orgánica y nutrientes, ha conducido a la formulación de modelos matemáticos que permitan reproducir el comportamiento del sistema. En este sentido, el grupo de investigación CALAGUA ha desarrollado el modelo BNRM1, el cual considera no sólo la actividad de las bacterias heterótrofas, autótrofas y acumuladoras de fósforo sino que además tiene en cuenta la actividad de microorganismos fermentativos en el proceso de fangos activados, como las bacterias acidogénicas. En este trabajo se ha propuesto como objetivo principal lograr una adecuada simulación del f…