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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Sludge Dewaterability in Advanced Wastewater Treatment: A Survey of Four Different Membrane BioReactor Pilot Plants
The wasted activated sludge dewaterability represents a major concern for Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) managers. Indeed, whereas the dewatered sludge could represents a re-usable matrix, the principal d...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of Temperature on N2O and NO Emission in a Partial Nitrification SBR Treating Reject Wastewater
Temperature is a very important parameter during nitritation, having a direct effect on ammonia oxidation rate (AOR) and enzymatic activities which relate to both N2O and NO emission. This study aims at investiga...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Novel Comprehensive Procedure for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Water Resource Recovery Facilities
The emissions of the major greenhouse gases (GHGs), i.e. carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) from water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) are of increasing concern in the water industr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Bacterial Community Structure of an IFAS-MBRs Wastewater Treatment Plant
In this work, the bacterial community putatively involved in BNR events of a UCT-MBMBR pilot plant was elucidated by both culture-dependent and metagenomics DNA analyses. The presence of bacterial isolates bel...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Membrane Bioreactors
Nowadays, it is widely accepted that wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are significant sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, contributing to the anthropogenic sources. Among the GHG emitted from WWTPs, n...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Comparison of Two Mathematical Models for Greenhouse Gas Emission from Membrane Bioreactors
In this study two mathematical models (Model I and Model II), able to predict the nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emission from an University Cape Town (UCT) – membrane bioreactor (MBR) plant, have b...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Graphical User Interface as a DSS Tool for GHG Emission Estimation from Water Resource Recovery Facilities
A Grafical User Interface (GUI) for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from WWTPs based on four models aimed at quantifying the gas emissions from the aerated tanks (i.e. CAS and MBR reactor), aerobic digeste...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A New Plant Wide Modelling Approach for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission from Wastewater Treatment Plants
Recent studies about greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions show that sewer collection systems and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are anthropogenic GHG potential sources. Therefore, they contribute to the climate...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
UCT-MBR vs IFAS-UCT-MBR for Wastewater Treatment: A Comprehensive Comparison Including N2O Emission
In this study the performance (in terms of carbon and nutrient removal) and N2O emission of two plant configurations adopting innovative technologies were investigated. With this regards, an University Cape Town...
