Systematic calibration of N2O emissions from a full-scale WWTP including a tracer test and a global sensitivity approach
Solís Duran, Borja (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
Guisasola, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
Pijuan Vilalta, Maite (Institut Català de Recerca de l'Aigua)
Corominas, L. (Universitat de Girona)
Baeza Labat, Juan Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)

Data:	2022
Resum:	Nitrous oxide (NO) is a greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted during biological nitrogen removal from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Some modelling tools have been proposed to predict NO emissions during the design and operation of WWTPs. In this study, the novel ASM2d-NO model, which accounts for the production of NO in nutrient removal WWTPs, was used to study the associated emissions from a full-scale WWTP with two independent lines. Firstly, the hydraulics of the WWTP was characterized by a residence time distribution test, showing the flow was equally divided into the two treatment lines (49. 3 vs. 50. 7%), that each reactor worked as an ideal continuous stirred tank reactor and the secondary settler model flux was similar to a plug-flow reactor. The ASM2d-NO model was then calibrated using experimental data obtained under dynamic conditions. A global sensitivity analysis was used to select, among 59 model parameters, five candidates that resulted to be related to nitrifying organisms. Different parameter subsets up to four parameters were evaluated, being the subset [µ, q, K, K] the best, achieving 53. 3% reduction of the calibration cost function. The model fit obtained provided a reasonably description of nutrients and NO emission trends, considering the inherent operational variability suffered in full-scale WWTPs. Finally, a simulation-based study showed that, for the given WWTP and operational conditions, an unbalanced distribution of flow-rate between the two treatment lines did not result in a significant increase on NO emissions. The results obtained show that this model can be a suitable tool for predicting NO emissions in full-scale WWTPs, and can therefore be used to find operational conditions that help to minimise these emissions.
Ajuts:	European Commission. Horizon 2020 645769 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-1318 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-1175
Nota:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Nota:	Borja Solís is grateful for the PIF PhD grant funded by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Nitrous oxide ; WWTP modelling ; Global sensitivity analysis ; Dynamic calibration
Publicat a:	Chemical engineering journal, Vol. 435, part. 1 (May 2022) , art. 134733, ISSN 1873-3212

DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.134733

12 p, 3.2 MB

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