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I Nopens¹, N Nere, P A Vanrolleghem

¹BIOMATH, Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Ingmar.Nopens@ugent.be

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Population Balance Models (PBMs) improve system modeling by analyzing individual populations. This study used inverse problem solving to determine PBM structure from flocculation data, confirming its effectiveness.

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Area of Science:

* Chemical Engineering
* Environmental Engineering
* Computational Modeling

Background:

* Traditional lumped-phase models can limit predictive accuracy for systems with individual populations.
* Activated sludge flocculation involves particle size dynamics, crucial for wastewater treatment processes.
* Determining appropriate model structures for Population Balance Models (PBMs) is a key challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

* To develop and validate a method for determining PBM structure from experimental data.
* To address the challenge of model identification in complex particulate systems.
* To apply inverse problem-solving techniques to floc size distribution data.

Main Methods:

* Employed inverse problem-solving to recover model structure from experimental data.
* Investigated the role of data similarity in simplifying the inverse problem.
* Utilized forward simulation to validate the identified model structure.

Main Results:

* Identified a data similarity that significantly simplified the inverse problem.
* Successfully recovered a PBM structure that describes the experimental data.
* Demonstrated the efficacy of the inverse problem approach for PBM identification.

Conclusions:

* Inverse problem-solving is a viable method for determining PBM structure.
* Data similarity can greatly facilitate model identification in PBMs.
* The validated PBM structure accurately represents activated sludge flocculation dynamics.