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Biological phosphorus removal in an extended ASM2 model: Roles of extracellular polymeric substances and kinetic
Shan-Shan Yang1, Ji-Wei Pang2, Wan-Qian Guo3
1State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150000, PR China; School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150000, PR China.
Abstract:
This paper presents the results of an extended ASM2 model for the modeling and calibration of the role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in phosphorus (P) removal in an anaerobic-aerobic process. In this extended ASM2 model, two new components, the bound EPS (XEPS) and the soluble EPS (SEPS), are introduced. Compared with the ASM2, 7.71, 8.53, and 9.28% decreases in polyphosphate (polyP) were observed in the extended ASM2 in three sequencing batch reactors feeding with different COD/P ratios, indicating that 7.71-9.28% of P in the liquid was adsorbed by EPS. Sensitive analysis indicated that, five parameters were the significant influential parameters and had been chosen for further model calibration by using the least square method to simulate by MATLAB. This extended ASM2 has been successfully established to simulate the output variables and provides a useful reference for the mathematic simulations of the role of EPS in biological phosphorus removal process.
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