Determination of metabolites from an anaerobic digester with an acid base titration is considered as superior method for many reasons. This paper describes a practical at line compatible multipoint titration method. The titration procedure was improved by speed and data quality. A simple and novel control algorithm for estimating a variable titrant dose was derived for this purpose. This non-linear PI-controller like algorithm does not require any preliminary information from sample. Performance of this controller is superior compared to traditional linear PI-controllers. In addition, simplification for presenting polyprotic acids as a sum of multiple monoprotic acids is introduced along with a mathematical error examination. A method for inclusion of the ionic strength effect with stepwise iteration is shown. The titration model is presented with matrix notations enabling simple computation of all concentration estimates. All methods and algorithms are illustrated in the experimental part. A linear correlation better than 0.999 was obtained for both acetate and phosphate used as model compounds with slopes of 0.98 and 1.00 and average standard deviations of 0.6% and 0.8%, respectively. Furthermore, insensitivity of the presented method for overlapping buffer capacity curves was shown.
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June 01 2009
Developing a multipoint titration method with a variable dose implementation for anaerobic digestion monitoring
K. Salonen;
1Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Kemistintie 1, Espoo FI-02150, Finland E-mail: matti.leisola@tkk.fi; tero.eerikainen@tkk.fi
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M. Leisola;
M. Leisola
1Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Kemistintie 1, Espoo FI-02150, Finland E-mail: matti.leisola@tkk.fi; tero.eerikainen@tkk.fi
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T. Eerikäinen
T. Eerikäinen
1Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Kemistintie 1, Espoo FI-02150, Finland E-mail: matti.leisola@tkk.fi; tero.eerikainen@tkk.fi
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Water Sci Technol (2009) 59 (12): 2395–2403.
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K. Salonen, M. Leisola, T. Eerikäinen; Developing a multipoint titration method with a variable dose implementation for anaerobic digestion monitoring. Water Sci Technol 1 June 2009; 59 (12): 2395–2403. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2009.275
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