Code
3F001016
Duration
01 October 2016 → 30 September 2018
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Systems theory, control
- Reaction kinetics and dynamics
- Environmental management
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Engineering and technology
- Modelling, simulation and optimisation
- (Bio)chemical reactors
- Process control
- (Waste)water treatment processes
- Heat and mass transfer
- Environmental engineering design
- Environmental engineering modelling
- Environmental technologies
Keywords
aerobic granular sludge
nutrient removal
biological wastewater treatment
modelleren
gas-liquid transfer
Project description
This doctoral research concerns domestic wastewater treatment with aerobic granular sludge, which needs 75% less space 30% less energy compared to conventional systems. The objectives are
- optimization of effluent quality, energy consumption and costs
- application of off-gas analyses for process monitoring and control
- minimization of greenhouse gas emissions
via mathematical modelling, full-scale monitoring and lab-scale experiments.