Increasingly stringent effluent limits and an expanding scope of model system boundaries beyond activated sludge has led to new modelling objectives and consequently to new and often more detailed modelling concepts. Nearly three decades after the publication of Activated Sludge Model No1 (ASM1), the authors believe it is time to re-evaluate wastewater characterisation procedures and targets. The present position paper gives a brief overview of state-of-the-art methods and discusses newly developed measurement techniques on a conceptual level. Potential future paths are presented including on-line instrumentation, promising measuring techniques, and mathematical solutions to fractionation problems. This is accompanied by a discussion on standardisation needs to increase modelling efficiency in our industry.
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June 01 2013
Rethinking wastewater characterisation methods for activated sludge systems – a position paper
Jean-Marc Choubert;
1Irstea, UR MALY, 5 rue de la DOUA, CS70077, 69626 VILLEURBANNE Cedex, France
E-mail: jean-marc.choubert@irstea.fr
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Leiv Rieger;
Leiv Rieger
2EnviroSim Associates Ltd, McMaster Innovation Park, 175 Longwood Rd S, Suite 114A, Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 0A1, Canada
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Andrew Shaw;
Andrew Shaw
3Black & Veatch, 8400 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri, 64114, USA
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John Copp;
John Copp
4Primodal, Inc., 122 Leland Street, Hamilton L8S 3A4, Ontario, Canada
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Mathieu Spérandio;
Mathieu Spérandio
5Université de Toulouse; INSA, UPS, INP; LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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Kim Sørensen;
Kim Sørensen
6VA TECH WABAG GmbH, Dresdner Strasse 87-91, 1200 Vienna, Austria
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Sabine Rönner-Holm;
Sabine Rönner-Holm
7LimnoTec Abwasseranlagen GmbH, Ravensberger Straße 41, 32312 Lübbecke, Germany
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Eberhard Morgenroth;
Eberhard Morgenroth
8ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland and Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Henryk Melcer;
Henryk Melcer
9Brown & Caldwell, 701, Pike Street, Suite 1200, Seattle 98101, WA, USA
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Sylvie Gillot
Sylvie Gillot
10Irstea, UR HBAN, 1 rue Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, CS 10030, F-92761 Antony Cedex, France
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Water Sci Technol (2013) 67 (11): 2363–2373.
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June 13 2012
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February 08 2013
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Jean-Marc Choubert, Leiv Rieger, Andrew Shaw, John Copp, Mathieu Spérandio, Kim Sørensen, Sabine Rönner-Holm, Eberhard Morgenroth, Henryk Melcer, Sylvie Gillot; Rethinking wastewater characterisation methods for activated sludge systems – a position paper. Water Sci Technol 1 June 2013; 67 (11): 2363–2373. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2013.158
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