To optimise the intermittent aeration process for piggery wastewater, the Activated Sludge Model No. 1 needs to be calibrated and adapted to this specific effluent. By combining aerobic and anoxic respirometric tests, biodegradation kinetics of organic fractions in piggery wastewater could be studied. Modeling of the respirometric curves proved that the simplified hydrolysis model was sufficient for piggery wastewater treatment simulation. The hydrolysis constant (KH) and heterotrophic sludge yield (YH) were determined at temperature and pH in the ranges 10-40°C and 7-9, respectively. The constants were slightly influenced by the temperature but not significantly affected by the pH, with average values of 3 d-1 for KH, and 0.60 for YH. The anoxic respirometric tests revealed that the experimental ASM1 anoxic correction factor (ηg) was higher than one. This could be explained by the fact that the anoxic and the aerobic heterotrophic sludge yields were probably different. By fixing a value of 0.8 for ηg, the anoxic sludge yield (YHD) could be calculated at 0.53. A modified version of ASM1 for substrate biodegradation in piggery wastewater intermittent aeration process was proposed, including the separation between the anoxic and the aerobic sludge yields and a simplified hydrolysis kinetic.
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March 01 2004
Activated Sludge Model No. 1 calibration for piggery wastewater treatment using respirometry
H. Boursier;
H. Boursier
1Cemagref, Livestock and Municipal Waste Management Research Unit, 17 av. de Cucillé, CS 64427, 35044 Rennes Cedex, France
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F. Beline;
F. Beline
1Cemagref, Livestock and Municipal Waste Management Research Unit, 17 av. de Cucillé, CS 64427, 35044 Rennes Cedex, France
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E. Paul
E. Paul
2INSA Toulouse, LGPI, 135 av. de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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Water Sci Technol (2004) 49 (5-6): 389–396.
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H. Boursier, F. Beline, E. Paul; Activated Sludge Model No. 1 calibration for piggery wastewater treatment using respirometry. Water Sci Technol 1 March 2004; 49 (5-6): 389–396. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2004.0779
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