Given the shift in perception of wastewater treatment plants as water resource recovery facilities, conventional mathematical models need to be updated. The resource recovery perspective should be applied to new processes, technologies and plant layouts. The number and level of models proposed to date give an overview of the complexity of the new plant configurations and provides a wide range of possibilities and process combinations in order to construct plant layouts. This diversity makes the development of standard, modular and flexible tools and model libraries that allow the incorporation of new processes and components in a straightforward way a necessity. In this regard, the plant-wide modelling (PWM) library is a complete model library that includes conventional and advanced technologies and that allows economic and energetic analyses to be carried out in a holistic way. This paper shows the fundamentals of this PWM library that is built upon the above-mentioned premises and the application of the PWM library in three different full-scale case studies.
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Diagnosis and optimization of WWTPs using the PWM library: full-scale experiences Available to Purchase
T. Fernández-Arévalo;
1Ceit-IK4 and Tecnun (University of Navarra), 15 Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
2Conaqua, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 15, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
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I. Lizarralde;
I. Lizarralde
1Ceit-IK4 and Tecnun (University of Navarra), 15 Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
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M. Maiza;
M. Maiza
2Conaqua, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 15, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
3Vicomtech-IK4, Paseo Mikeletegi 57, San Sebastián 20009, Spain
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S. Beltrán;
S. Beltrán
1Ceit-IK4 and Tecnun (University of Navarra), 15 Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
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P. Grau;
P. Grau
1Ceit-IK4 and Tecnun (University of Navarra), 15 Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
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E. Ayesa
E. Ayesa
1Ceit-IK4 and Tecnun (University of Navarra), 15 Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
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Water Sci Technol (2017) 75 (3): 518–529.
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Received:
May 16 2016
Accepted:
September 30 2016
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T. Fernández-Arévalo, I. Lizarralde, M. Maiza, S. Beltrán, P. Grau, E. Ayesa; Diagnosis and optimization of WWTPs using the PWM library: full-scale experiences. Water Sci Technol 13 February 2017; 75 (3): 518–529. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2016.482
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