RT Journal Article
T1 Operation of an innovative WWTP with environmental objectives. A model-based analysis
A1 Mauricio Iglesias, Miguel
A1 Garrido, Juan Manuel
A1 Lema Rodicio, Juan Manuel
K1 Plantwide operation
K1 Wastewater treatment
K1 N-DAMO
K1 Methane release
K1 Optimisation
AB Operation of wastewater treatment plants can be subjected to economic, energetic and/or environmental objectives, besides the compliance with effluent limits. As trade-offs between different objectives are frequently unavoidable, model based analysis can assist in decision making and give further insight on the effect of the operating conditions. Furthermore, as new wastewater treatment technologies have appeared in the latest years, model-based analysis is needed to ascertain what the advantages of the new technologies are. We demonstrate here how to assess and operate an innovative WWTP according to different objectives with case-study based on a real innovative pilot plant. The plant features the use of denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (DAMO) bacteria to deplete methane from digestate. Furthermore, given the slow growth rate of the system and the tendency to create complex syntrophic environments, the use of a model becomes a keystone to operate these reactors.
PB Elsevier
SN 2405-8963
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15123
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15123
LA eng
NO Mauricio-Iglesias, M., Garrido, J.M., Lema, J.M. (2016).  IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 49, no. 7, p. 539-543
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026