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CHAIRMANS NOTE
There has certainly been a lot happening in the last year since AD13 in
and scientific committee. It was the largest AD13 conference yet, with
saw continuation of the Lettinga award, with the prize awarded to Shiva
Salek from TU Delft. Due to the large numbers, and strong activity in
the area, we have now moved this conference to a biennial conference,
with AD14 (2015) being in Via del Mar, Chile, chaired by Prof. Rolando
Chamy, and AD15 (2017) being in China, chaired by Prof. Nanqi Ren,
and Prof. Aijie Wang. We will be seeking nominees for AD16 early next
year, and potential nominees are welcome to ask myself or Henri for
conferences. The Latin America AD conference is in Havana, Cuba, this year 24-27 November and the solid
waste conference lives on as Biogas 2014 in Vienna, Austria, in October this year. We have also seen a
number of additional IWA AD sponsored activities, including formation of a Resource Recovery Cluster, as
well as continued sponsorship of the Physicochemical Modelling Taskgroup and a number of working
groups. Additional activities listed in this newsletter, including exciting PhD graduates, new books, and the
strong network we have built continue to build and expand on our strong and historic capabilities in the
specialist group. It will be very exciting to see how this area grows to address the new requirements of
technology and social demands.
Alternatively contributions can be sent to the Group Chairman or to the Group Secretary.
Group Chairman
Group Secretary
Dr Damien Batstone
Dr Henri Spanjers
St Lucia, 4072
fax: +61-7-33654726
e-mail: damienb@awmc.uq.edu.au
Editors note: The best care was taken to avoid typing errors during the editing of the contributions received
from SG members. However, should the reader find some mistake please report it to the editor and it will be
corrected in the next issue.
IWA Specialist Group on Anaerobic Digestion
Issue - September 2014 Newsletter
PERSON ELECTED
Damien Batstone
Henri Spanjers
Jorge Rodrguez
Irini Angelidaki
Jules van Lier
Alan Guwy
Jean-Philippe Steyer
Pavel Jenicek
Daniel Zitomer
Toshio Shimada
Ivan Moreno
David Jeison;
Liliana Borzacconi
Afnan Din
Jorge Rodrguez
Makarand M. Ghangrekar
Aiji Wang
Raman Saravanane
Jurg Keller
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iria@env.dtu.dk
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j.keller@awmc.uq.edu.au
If you wish to become member of the Specialist Group on Anaerobic Digestion and you did not have indicated
it on your IWA registration form, please contact the Chairman or the Secretary.
You may also directly contact IWA:
Hong Li (Hong.Li@iwahq.org)
with the PCM1 replacing all acid-base and precipitation reactions in both activated sludge and anaerobic
zones. A number of publications are starting to appear in both conferences and journal publications,
including a position paper in Water Science and Technology, and publications at WWTMod 2014 and
Watermatex 2013. The Task Group plans to release the final model at Watermatex 2015 in Gold Coast,
Australia.
production of biobased materials (biocement and fertilizer) and methane enriched biogas using alkaline
silicate minerals.
In the winning project proposal, the TU Delft team will investigate the production of biobased materials
by the anaerobic digestion (AD) process when applying minerals for CO 2 sequestration. The impact on the
biogas composition and value will be evaluated as well as the cement quality. The economical values
received from production of these materials can further rationalize the costs of CO 2 sequestration for climate
change mitigation purposes. The use of minerals in AD seems promising. Other research groups are also
exploring its potential.
The Lettinga Award was initiated in 2001 and is granted every three years. The focus of the call for 2013
was on Breakthrough Innovation in Anaerobic Technology. The award committee called for innovative
approaches, putting anaerobic digestion technologies in the core of the foreseen sustainable society. The
following sponsors were fully convinced of the potential of AD technologies in this development and decided
to support the fifth Lettinga Award: Paques, Nijhuis Water Technology, Waterleau, Veolia Water Biothane
and LeAF.
The jury consisted of representatives of the sponsors and academia. From many applications that met the
criteria, the jury had the challenging task to select one winner. Nevertheless, they unanimously agreed. The
winning proposal was described by some of the judges as:
An elegant combination of anaerobic sludge treatment, biobased product and green gas quality.
Also, it was described as A very bold proposal; as bold as Gatze Lettinga approached his research topics
in the past. This was the only proposal using AD to produce bio-based products, and not even simple organic
building blocks or bio-fuels, but for society crucial inorganic chemicals like cement and fertilizers, while
simultaneously also developing a very interesting CO2 sequestration technology.
The latter will further contribute to the carbon-foot-print reduction which AD already provides so
strongly. The proposal crosses the existing research borders of AD, for which the applicants should be
complimented and should receive support. If successful; many research groups will follow in their footsteps.
The proposal is a small project, with potentially large implications.
The winner of the Lettinga Award 2013 was announced at the very successful 13th World Congress on
Anaerobic Digestion, that took place 25 - 28 June 2013 in Santiago De Compostela in Spain.
More information about the Lettinga Award can be found at the LeAF website.
http://www.leaf-wageningen.nl/en/leaf/Lettinga-Award.htm
The IWA World Congress in Anaerobic Digestion has been taking place tri-annually for already 13 editions
with great attendance levels and success. The AD13 congress aimed in this occasion at attracting as many
researchers and industrialists working on anaerobic bioprocesses as possible. Previous editions suggested
that an emphasis in quality of oral presentations was desirable and that was also at the top priority for the
organisers in this event.
This strategy proved well accepted by the scientific and technical community as the proposals and
delegates in AD13 reached considerably higher numbers than in any other previous conference: not far from
800 attendees from 54 countries and in excess of 740 abstract submissions. The selection of conference
themes did take into consideration both traditional topics and new tendencies, including interface fields with
other technologies. The four invited Plenaries were aimed at exploring new ideas: Biorefinery, AD and
Climate change, Innovation in industry and Biomolecular tools for a better understanding of AD processes.
Workshops were conceived as a place to discuss controversial topics, such as the role of Microalgae, the
opportunities for Biorefinery processes and the Legal and economic constrains. Considering the number and
quality of proposals in each topic, the final program was organised in 21 Full Platform sessions (including 8
key notes and 97 full platform presentations) and 9 Short presentation sessions (including 108 short
platform presentations). The fact that only about 15% of proposals were selected for Full platform and other
15% for Short platform presentations serves as indicator of the highly competitive peer review and selection
process in AD13 when compared to other Congresses.
As a novelty, three specialised seminars were organised prior to the Congress on three topics: Innovative
Pretreatment technologies (in University of Valladolid, Spain), Biomolecular tools applied to AD (in
University of Minho, Portugal), and Instrumentation, Modelling & Control (in University of Santiago de
Compostela, Spain). 75 early-stage researchers (25 in each seminar) were trained by recognised specialists.
A special session (The Three Giants session) was organised as a tribute to three outstanding researchers
(Gatze Lettinga, Willy Verstraete and Perry McCarty) whose contributions over the last 40 years have shaped
the current role of anaerobic digestion technologies and their applications. The very important participation
of companies as sponsors (1 platinum, 2 gold and 5 silver), exhibitors (8) and contributors to the sessions
(almost 15% of the full-platform sessions) must be also highlighted. In addition one of the four plenaries was
delivered by industry and companies representatives actively participated in the pre-conference workshops.
The conference in numbers
Key findings
Through the diverse conference activities, including plenary, platform, short and poster sessions as well as
three targeted workshops, a number of interesting conclusions were drawn out summarised below:
- AD profitability can be expanded under the umbrella of the biorefinery concept (making use of VFAs, CO 2,
etc.) in which AD can play a central key role.
- New interesting biomasses have been identified for AD including microalgae and halophyte plants.
- Potential has been identified on thermal energy to improve AD profitability.
- The impact of molecular tools on AD monitoring and control remains unclear. A gap has been identified on
how those new research tools will be brought into industry as useful and accessible. A gap has also been
highlighted as remaining between the lack of understanding of the microbial ecology and its role in AD
process performance for practical purposes.
- The synergies between AD and other processes, such as anammox-based systems for nitrogen removal,
open new possibilities for expanding the applicability to new concepts for waste and wastewater treatment.
- Anaerobic Co-Digestion is as a powerful concept for integrating water and wastewater treatment processes.
- A diversity of mathematical models modifications around the well developed ADM1 indicates that there is
room for a next generation model based on ADM1.
To be passed on to Practitioners
- Importance of innovation, where factors other than technology are required (passion, cooperation, market, etc.).
- On the role of market for AD technologies, emphasis on the fact that we, practitioners, must "make" the market.
To be passed onto Regulators
- A need for holistic approach to face AD processes was identified with the aim at decreasing GHG emissions.
- A need to support biogas incentives as a mean to counteract fossil fuel subsidies (through their huge
economic externalities) was highlighted.
Havana, with its habitual hospitality, has great pleasure to receive warmly in an ideal and warmly
environment, the scientific and related-technologies interchange concerning the anaerobic treatment of
waste matter and the production and use of the biogas in the XI Latinamerican Symposium of Anaerobic
Digestion to be celebrated from November 24th to November 27th, 2014. Cuba, as a Latin American country
and faithful exponent of efforts that are carried out in the search of the most balanced and possible
development, already has a tradition of work with the anaerobic technologies. This event is organized by the
Politechnical Superior Institute Jos Antonio Echeverra (CUJAE), together with other Cuban institutions
which work in themes linked to the anaerobic digestion. During the event the all-comers will have the
opportunity to enjoy the attributes that Habana evidences as the Caribbean jewel from the tourist and social
points of view. Technical visits will be also organized to places where the anaerobic option to give
environmental and energetic solutions has been developed.
Themes and Topics.
Automatization and control of anaerobic digestion process
New developments in Anaerobic Digestion Recuperation of nutrients related with the anaerobic
Microbial ecology and molecular biology
digestion
Biodegradation of recalcitrant chemicals
Anaerobic digestion and biosolids s production
Biogas s production and its utilization
Anaerobic digestion of solid and liquid waste matters
Recuperation of energy from waste matter Experiences of plants at industrial scale
Combustible microbial cells
Anoxic processes. Denitrification
Modelling of anaerobic digestion
Important Dates
Assistance notification
Notification of acceptance
Preliminary Program
Final Program
XI DAAl 2014
http://www.11daal2014.com
Contact us:
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are delighted to invite you to the 14th World Congress on Anaerobic
Digestion to be held in Via del Mar, Chile, during November 2015. This event is part of the IWA Anaerobic
Digestion Specialist Group conference series, which are conceived as an international forum for discussion on stateof-art of the anaerobic bioprocesses
Topics
The conference will cover a wide range of topics related with the application of Anaerobic Digestion, with the aim
of attracting experts in different fields of knowledge from all over the world. With this wide perspective, the topics
covered by the conference will include:
Resource recovery
Important dates
Specialized Courses
Five Specialized Courses will be launched prior to the Conference under following topics:
These courses will be held before the Conference. Their duration will be 12 hours in 1.5 days (Thursday 12th and
Friday 13th November 2015) and includes a tour on Saturday November 14th.
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Organising Committee
Rolando Chamy
Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Valparaso
Lea Cabrol
Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Valparaso
Andrea Carvajal
Universidad Tcnica Federico Santa Mara
Andrs Donoso
Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Valparaso
Mara Espinal
Ncleo de Biotecnologa Curauma
Lorna Guerrero
Universidad Tcnica Federico Santa Mara
David Jeison
Universidad de La Frontera
Programme Committee
Rolando Chamy
Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Valparaso
Damien Batstone
The University of Queensland
Juan Manuel Lema
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Adalberto Noyola
Universidad Autnoma de Mxico
Silvio Montalvo
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Claudia Pabn
Universidad Adolfo Ibez
Jos Luis Campos
Universidad Adolfo Ibez
Francisca Rosenkranz
Ncleo de Biotecnologa Curauma
Gonzalo Ruiz
Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Valparaso
Gladys Vidal
Universidad de Concepcin
David Jeison
Universidad de La Frontera
Gonzalo Ruiz
Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Valparaso
Marta Carballa
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Jean-Philippe Steyer
INRA
Venue
For its privileged coastline, Via del Mar is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in South America and
for a decade it has become one of the major cities of the southern hemisphere to receive conferences, events and
conventions. The reasons for this are the high quality of its conference centers, variety in accommodations,
excellent national and international connectivity, and especially, the warmth and professionalism of its community.
Via del Mar is located one hour far from the countys principal airport and only ninety minutes far from
Santiago. All of them are connected by modern roads and highways.
The 14th Anaerobic Digestion World Congress website is already available for those who need accuracy
information about this world event. You will find full information about topics, special grades, organizing
committee, scientists guests and step by step forms of application on AD14, in the official website
www.ad14chile.com
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Germany, September 10-12th. More than 80 experts on biogas from almost 30 countries representing all the
continents will discuss the progress in biogas at the Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart this September.
In addition we will offer a 4-day International biogas Study Tour through Germany with focus on WASTE
DIGESTION the following week of the conference 15-18 September. www.biogastraining.com
During the conference a practitioners forum, an Oral-Poster-Session with more than 20 speakers, posters
sessions and an exhibition will take place. In the exhibition companies and organizations will present their
products, services and technical innovations to the international audience experts. According to the
attendance to the last two conferences, we expect to have about 400 participants.
More information at http://www.progress-in-biogas.com/
The 12th annual short course on Anaerobic Treatment of High-Strength Industrial Waste
will be held September 10-11, 2014 at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The course is
designed for both practitioners and student to learn the fundamentals and full-scale application of anaerobic
biotechnology. This years keynote speaker is Dr. Jean-Philippe Steyer, Director of the Environmental
Biotechnology Laboratory, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (Narbonne, France). Other
speakers will include Dr. Daniel Zitomer (Marquette University) and Dennis Totzke (Applied Technologies,
Inc.). Presentations will address anaerobic microbiology and chemistry fundamentals, anaerobic process
operation and design, biogas conditioning and utilization, construction/start-up guidelines and case studies
of operating anaerobic treatment systems. For the course schedule/content and other information, see
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Supervisors
Prof. Xavier Flotats. Department of Agrifood Engineering and
Biotechnology. UPC BarcelonaTECH, Castelldefels (Spain).
Xavier.flotats@upc.edu
Dr. Beln Fernndez, GIRO program, IRTA, Caldes de Montbui (Spain).
Belen.fernandez@irta.cat
PhD dissertation: http://upcommons.upc.edu/?locale=en
Abstract: The meat sector is associated with the generation of large quantities of animal by-products not intended
for human consumption (ABPs). The increasing demand of renewable energy sources and reuse of wastes require
good technological solutions for energy production such as anaerobic digestion (AD), which is included in the
current European regulation as one of the allowed methods to valorize ABPs. Due to their composition, with high
fat and protein content, ABPs can be considered good substrates for the AD process, according to the high potential
methane yield. Although slow hydrolysis rates and inhibitory process have been reported, with a suitable pretreatment to improve particulate materials solubility and/or co-digestion process of complementary materials the
anaerobic digestion can be improved.
Hence, the aim of this thesis was to evaluate the feasibility of different ABPs for AD. Emphasis was placed on the
effect of pre-treatments on the organic matter, methane yield and methane production rate. Within this scope,
thermal (pasteurization and sterilization) and high pressure pre-treatments (200, 400 and 600 MPa) were applied.
Thermogravimetric and spectroscopy techniques where used to determine the effects on the organic matter besides
to a classical characterization. The effects on the methane yield and methane production rates, including the
disintegration parameters, were obtained by means of batch test with different inoculum to substrate ratios (ISR).
The suitability of ABP for anaerobic digestion was confirmed with samples from different origin (poultry and
piggery slaughterhouses) but the results showed that methane yield depends on the relative substrate composition
(proteins, fats and carbohydrates), especially when a thermal pre-treatment is applied. The results of the
disintegration kinetics determination underline the positive effects on the methane production rate being increased
after pasteurization. In parallel, continuous co-digestion of pasteurized ABP with pig manure and glycerin was
studied, optimizing the production of biogas by controlling the composition of the mixture of wastes to be treated.
Changes in the microbial populations (monitored by DGGE) were determined. In conclusion, the production of
biogas from SANDACH has proved to be feasible by improving their AD by means of co-digestion with other
wastes which balance the composition and by thermal pretreatment, being its effectiveness highly dependent on the
composition of proteins and carbohydrates.
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A deeper understanding of how microbial community structure relates to process function would help improve
anaerobic digester design. This dissertation describes both qualitative and quantitative relationships between
anaerobic digester function and microbial community structure. Community structure was characterized using
banding pattern intensities from denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) for the mcrA gene of
methanogenic Archaea.
The first project compared a single-stage continuously mixed stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and staging with an
acidogenic CSTR followed by a methanogenic CSTR. After seeding with the same biomass, these unique process
configurations exhibited different function and qualitatively different methanogen communities. Compared to a
single-stage CSTR, staging increased the maximum rate of methane production by 41, 26, and 57% with
propionate, acetate, and hydrogen, respectively. Additionally, the staged digester produced 10% more methane and
achieved 10% greater volatile solids (VS) destruction.
The second project also provided a qualitative relationship: methanogen community structure impacted digester
function upon bioaugmentation. Specific methanogenic activity (SMA) with propionate statistically increased (up
to 57%) in six of nine bioaugmented anaerobic cultures. These increases correlated to methanogen community
structure above the 98% level (rs = 0.770) using Spearmans Rank Correlation Coefficient (two-tailed).
In the third project, a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) was established between methanogen
community structure and two activities using multiple linear regression (MLR). Two different QSARs were
predictive of SMA values with propionate (q2 = 0.52) and with glucose (q2 = 0.56), respectively. A MLR model
may be applicable to other biological communities when trophic redundancy and a ubiquitous gene are present and
when a linear model is appropriate.
Greater understanding of anaerobic digester microbial communities is possible using these QSARs. This research
serves as a template that can be used to construct additional QSARs for other complex microbial communities in
engineered systems.
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0.7% and 93.0 0.5% in the combined process of UBER and ABOR in overall HRT 6 h (HRT 2.5 h in UBER +
HRT 3.5 h in ABOR). The Chroma in ABOR effluent was 80 times. Based on the design of UBER, we developed a
new system integrating UBER with ABR by installing UBER module into each compartment of ABR (called, ABRBES) and tested this novel process at a small pilot-scale for the treatment of azo dye (AYR) wastewater. The ABRBES was operated without and with external power supply to examine AYR reduction process and reductive
intermediates with different external voltages (0.3, 0.5 and 0.7V) and hydraulic retention times (HRT: 8, 6 and 4h).
The decolorization efficiency in the ABR-BES (8h HRT, 0.5V) was higher than that in ABR-BES without electrolysis,
i.e. 95.11.5% versus 86.96.3%. Incorporation of BES with ABR accelerated the consumption of VFAs (mainly
acetate) and attenuated biogas (methane) production. Higher power supply (0.7V) enhanced AYR decolorization
efficiency (96.41.8%), VFAs removal, and current density (24.1A m-3 TCV). Shorter HRT increased volumetric
AYR decolorization rates, but decrease AYR decolorization efficiency. The novel ABR-BES with membrane-free
provided a new concept for BES scaling-up to energy-efficient treatment of azo dye wastewater.
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Monosaccharide
degradation is an important step in the anaerobic fermentation of organic matter, the case for BES inhibition of
methanogenesis, anaerobic sludge glucose degradation plays a critical role in microbial less. The modes of
anaerobic acid production and the production of methane was studied by DNA-SIP, clone library and highthroughput sequencing technology, The results showed that Clostridia was dominant in the inhibition of methaneproducing anaerobic fermentation, whose abundance accounted for 51.88% of the total bacteria and Bacilli was
dominant in the inhibition of methanogenic anaerobic fermentation, whose abundance accounted for 50%; The
abundance of Peptococcaceae, Syntrophomonadaceae and Syntrophobacterale genus in the methanogenic culture is
significantly larger than the culture of inhibit methanogenis. The trophic link between hydrogen-producing
acetogenic bacteria and methanogenic bacteria play an important role in anaerobic methane-producing system.
(.)
5 The kinetic model of the system of homoacetogens enrichment.
The kinetic model of homoacetogens enrichment based on ADM1 model was builded and the kinetic model was
simulated and verified to experimental data. The result showed that the this model can be used as the basis to design
the process of homoacetogens enrichment.
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reactors
despite
of
different
inocula
and
substrates,
indicating
AD
reactors
share
similar
saccharolytic/fermenting members.
Organic substrate availability (in kg-COD/(kg-VSSd)) can impact both methanogen abundance and real quantity. A
high availability led to a high abundance and vice versa. This indicates that substrate availability determines the
ecological position of methanogens in AD reactors.
EGSB communities have the most diverse microbial diversity (calculated in Shannon index, Chao1, observed
species number and phylogenetic distance). EGSBs also have the highest methanogen abundance (Ave. 6.4%) and
amount (~ 1011 gene copies per gram dry biomass), which are about 10 times higher than the other reactors.
Accordingly, EGSB can bare the highest organic loading rate (Approx. 21 kg-COD/m3.d), which is 7-10 times higher
than the others.
It is intriguing to find that endospore-forming bacteria prevail in digester systems while biofilm-based reactors
are dominated by non-endospore-forming bacteria. This indicates different proliferous strategies in response to
various environmental stresses inside AD reactors.
By applying next generation sequencing and real-time qPCR on 149 samples out of 21 reactors, we captured some
prevalent phyla and genera who are dominant in almost every anaerobic biogas system. Meanwhile, it is critically
necessary to link AD systems functionality to its microbial community, both of which response to key
operational/environmental factors such as organic loading (and its increasing rate), F/M ratio, salinity, temperature
and aggregation forms.
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development of production of VFA (Volatile Fatty Acids) as a route to bio-based materials, i.e. so-called
VFA platform. In the VFA platform, the real time monitoring of VFA production will be of fundamental
importance in the success of the further development of this process scheme. In the future scenarios, this
platform is foreseen to play an important role in the material recycling in the bio-based economy. The
tools are also applied in the conventional biogas production. The main challenges in the traditional biogas
production are high investment costs of digesters, low profitability of biogas and energy production as
well as the stability problems of operation especially in co-digestion plants. In this process scheme, the
more efficient process control provides an approach to reduce the size and price of newly-built digesters,
or to improve the performance and profitability of existing AD plants. The technological development in
the process instrumentation in the OPTI-VFA project will focus on the Piezo Fabry-Perot based
spectrometer and the science based calibration (SBC) method together with supervisory control and data
acquisition systems for the effective control and optimization of both VFA and conventional biogas
production.
In all, an OPTI-VFA prototype with these new process instrumentation and automation features will be
designed, fabricated, calibrated and tested in a modern AD pilot plant. The participating SMEs in the OPTIVFA consortium cover the entire value chain in the monitoring and controlling business including subcontractors for instrument vendors, a monitoring instrument vendor, a process automation company, AD
process equipment vendor and an end-user companyan AD operator. http://www.opti-vfa.eu/index.php
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The book also presents important factors to consider when evaluating and upscaling new
treatment technology options.
The book is designed for undergraduate and graduate students, and engineers and
practitioners in the field who have some basic knowledge of environmental and/or wastewater
engineering.
To access the eBook, via Volume 2 of the free eBook resource, click here.
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It is estimated that literally billions of residents in urban and peri-urban areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin
America are served by onsite sanitation systems (e.g. various types of latrines and septic tanks). Until
recently, the management of faecal sludge from these onsite systems has been grossly neglected,
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Activated Sludge - 100 Years and Counting covers the current status of all aspects of the activated
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the Activated Sludge process, from the time that the early developers presented the seminal works
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all aspects of the activated sludge process and to present and discuss anticipated future
developments.
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In 1982 the International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control (IAWPRC), as it was
then called, established a Task Group on Mathematical Modelling for Design and Operation of
Activated Sludge Processes. The aim of the Task Group was to create a common platform that could
be used for the future development of models for COD and N removal with a minimum of complexity.
As the collaborative result of the work of several modelling groups, the Activated Sludge Model No. 1
(ASM1) was published in 1987, exactly 25 years ago. The ASM1 can be considered as the reference
model, since this model triggered the general acceptance of wastewater treatment modelling, first in
the research community and later on also in practice. ASM1 has become a reference for many
scientific and practical projects, and has been implemented (in some cases with modifications) in most
of the commercial software available for modelling and simulation of plants for N removal. The models
have grown more complex over the years, from ASM1, including N removal processes, to ASM2 (and
its variations) including P removal processes, and ASM3 that corrects the deficiencies of ASM1 and is
based on a metabolic approach to modelling. So far, ASM1 is the most widely applied.
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Over the past twenty years, the knowledge and understanding of wastewater treatment has advanced
extensively and moved away from empirically based approaches to a fundamentally-based first
principles approach embracing chemistry, microbiology, and physical and bioprocess engineering,
often involving experimental laboratory work and techniques. Many of these experimental methods
and techniques have matured to the degree that they have been accepted as reliable tools in
wastewater treatment research and practice. For sector professionals, especially a new generation of
young scientists and engineers entering the wastewater treatment profession, the quantity, complexity
and diversity of these new developments can be overwhelming, particularly in developing countries
where access to advanced level laboratory courses in wastewater treatment is not readily available. In
addition, information on innovative experimental methods is scattered across scientific literature and
only partially available in the form of textbooks or guidelines. This book seeks to address these
deficiencies. It assembles and integrates the innovative experimental methods developed by research
groups and practitioners around the world.
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There is general consensus among sanitary engineering professionals that municipal wastewater and
wastewater sludge is not a waste, but a potential source of valuable resources.
Energy and Resource Recovery from Sludge provides essential knowledge on energy and resource
recovery from sludge and focuses on:
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