[HTML][HTML] Biological processes modelling for MBR systems: A review of the state-of-the-art focusing on SMP and EPS

G Mannina, BJ Ni, J Makinia, J Harmand, M Alliet… - Water research, 2023 - Elsevier
A mathematical correlation between biomass kinetic and membrane fouling can improve the
understanding and spread of Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) technology, especially in solving …

[HTML][HTML] Conventional activated sludge vs. photo-sequencing batch reactor for enhanced nitrogen removal in municipal wastewater: Microalgal-bacterial consortium …

E Clagnan, S Petrini, S Pioli, F Piergiacomo… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Municipal wastewater treatment plants are mostly based on traditional activated sludge (AS)
processes. These systems are characterised by major drawbacks: high energy consumption …

Influence of seasonality, wastewater treatment plant process, geographical location and environmental parameters on bacterial community selection in activated …

MP Thobejane, N van Blerk, PJ Welz - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This is the first comprehensive study that focusses on the correlation between the bacterial
community composition and a range of previously identified selective criteria in activated …

The coexistence and competition of canonical and comammox nitrite oxidizing bacteria in a nitrifying activated sludge system–experimental observations and …

MJ Mehrani, P Kowal, D Sobotka, M Godzieba… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The second step of nitrification can be mediated by nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB), ie
Nitrospira and Nitrobacter, with different characteristics in terms of the r/K theory. In this …

Model-based development of strategies enabling effective enrichment and application of comammox bacteria in floccular sludge under mainstream conditions

Y Zhu, J Hou, J Liu, P Huo, L Yang, M Zheng… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The discovery of complete ammonium oxidation (comammox) has redefined the perception
of the nitrification process which plays a vital part in biological nitrogen removal (BNR) from …

Acidophilic partial nitrification (pH< 6) facilitates ultra-efficient short-flow nitrogen transformation: experimental validation and genomic insights

F Zhang, Z Du, J Wang, Y Du, Y Peng - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Partial nitrification (PN) represents an energy-efficient bioprocess; however, it often
confronts challenges such as unstable nitrite accumulation, nitrite oxidizing bacteria shocks …

Comammox and unknown ammonia oxidizers contribute to nitrite accumulation in an integrated AB stage process that incorporates side-stream EBPR (S2EBPR)

Y Yan, J Lee, IL Han, Z Wang, G Li, K McCullough… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel integrated pilot-scale A-stage high rate activated sludge, B-stage short-cut biological
nitrogen removal and side-stream enhanced biological phosphorus removal (A/B-shortcut N …

Application of a generalized hybrid machine learning model for the prediction of H2S and VOCs removal in a compact trickle bed bioreactor (CTBB)

K Barbusiński, B Szeląg, A Parzentna-Gabor… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a generalized hybrid model for predicting H 2 S and VOCs removal
efficiency using a machine learning model: K–NN (K-nearest neighbors) and RF (random …

Predicting aeration time and nitrite accumulation rate variations for Partial Nitritation: A model incorporating nitrogen oxidation rate dynamics

W Zhou, Q Zhang, B Wang, Y Peng, F Hou, H Pang… - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
This study aimed to develop a two-step nitrification model to predict variations in aeration
time and nitrite accumulation rate (NAR) under fluctuating operational conditions in …

Influence of solids and hydraulic retention times on microbial diversity and removal of estrogens and nonylphenols in a pilot-scale activated sludge plant

L Mensah, B Petrie, M Scrimshaw, E Cartmell… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The removal of EDCs in activated sludge processes can be enhanced by increasing solid
and hydraulic retention times (SRT and HRT); it has been suggested that the improvement in …