ABACO: A New Model of Microalgae-Bacteria Consortia for Biological Treatment of Wastewaters
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Sánchez Zurano, Ana; Rodríguez Miranda, Enrique; Guzmán Sánchez, José Luis; Acién Fernández, Francisco Gabriel; Fernández Sevilla, José María; [et al.]Fecha
2021-01-22Resumen
Microalgae-bacteria consortia have been proposed as alternatives to conventional biological processes to treat different types of wastewaters, including animal slurry. In this work, a microalgae-bacteria consortia (ABACO) model for wastewater treatment is proposed, it being calibrated and validated using pig slurry. The model includes the most relevant features of microalgae, such as light dependence, endogenous respiration, and growth and nutrient consumption as a function of nutrient availability (especially inorganic carbon), in addition to the already reported features of heterotrophic and nitrifying bacteria. The interrelation between the different populations is also included in the model, in addition to the simultaneous release and consumption of the most relevant compounds, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide. The implementation of the model has been performed in MATLAB software; the calibration of model parameters was carried out using genetic algorithms. The ABACO model allows ...
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microalgae
bacteria
modelling
wastewater treatment
nutrients
photobioreactor