Hf-mbr Modelling. How Important Are the Soluble Microbial Products?
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چکیده
Soluble microbial products (SMP) have been long time considered the major cause of membrane fouling when membrane bioreactors (MBR) are used for wastewater treatment. As a result, the formation and degradation of SMP have been incorporated in the conventional ASM models for a better prediction of MBR performance. This paper studies the impact of SMP modelling when optimizing the start-up of an MBR using ASM1; the results thus obtained are compared to those generated during the optimization of the same system using the ASM1-SMP.
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