Anaerobic digestion from the viewpoint of microbiological, chemical, and operational aspects—a review

T Amani, M Nosrati, TR Sreekrishnan - Environmental Reviews, 2010 - cdnsciencepub.com
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is intrinsically a sequential complex chemical and biochemical
process, and many factors (microbiological, operational, and chemical) can affect its …

Formation and impact of granules in fostering clean energy production and wastewater treatment in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors

T Abbasi, SA Abbasi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Anaerobic reactors have acquired a new relevance in recent years due to their ability to
generate methane from biodegradable wastewaters—thereby producing clean energy …

Response surface modeling of Pb (II) removal from aqueous solution by Pistacia vera L.: Box–Behnken experimental design

K Yetilmezsoy, S Demirel, RJ Vanderbei - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
A three factor, three-level Box–Behnken experimental design combining with response
surface modeling (RSM) and quadratic programming (QP) was employed for maximizing Pb …

Combined (alkaline+ ultrasonic) pretreatment effect on sewage sludge disintegration

DH Kim, E Jeong, SE Oh, HS Shin - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
The individual effects of alkaline (pH 8-13) and ultrasonic (3750–45,000 kJ/kg TS)
pretreatments on the disintegration of sewage sludge were separately tested, and then the …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative investigation of RSM and ANN for multi-response modeling and optimization studies of derived chitosan from Archachatina marginata shell

VE Bello, OA Olafadehan - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
The design of this paper was to investigate comparatively the optimization techniques of
response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network (ANN) when applied to …

Optimization of petroleum refinery effluent treatment in a UASB reactor using response surface methodology

SO Rastegar, SM Mousavi, SA Shojaosadati… - Journal of hazardous …, 2011 - Elsevier
An upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) bioreactor was successfully used for the
treatment of petroleum refinery effluent. Before optimization, chemical oxygen demand …

Evaluation of an up-flow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) reactor containing diatomite and maifanite for the improved treatment of petroleum wastewater

C Chen, J Liang, BA Yoza, QX Li, Y Zhan… - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Novel diatomite (R1) and maifanite (R2) were utilized as support materials in an up-flow
anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) reactor for the treatment of recalcitrant petroleum wastewater …

Adsorption of copper and zinc ions on illite: Determination of the optimal conditions by the statistical design of experiments

NG Turan, S Elevli, B Mesci - Applied Clay Science, 2011 - Elsevier
In this study, a full factorial experimental design was utilized to assess the effect of three
factors on the adsorption of copper (II) and zinc (II) ions in an aqueous leachate of an …

Adsorption using lime-iron sludge–encapsulated calcium alginate beads for phosphate recovery with ANN-and RSM-optimized encapsulation

BS Chittoo, C Sutherland - Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Excessive discharge of phosphates in municipal and industrial effluents into water bodies
continues to amplify the rate and extent of eutrophication that is impairing aquatic …

Can artificial neural network and response surface methodology reliably predict hydrogen production and COD removal in an UASB bioreactor?

P Jha, EBG Kana, S Schmidt - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM)
modeling was employed in an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) bioreactor for …