ICA and me–a subjective review

G Olsson - Water research, 2012 - Elsevier
ICA–instrumentation, control and automation–is a hidden technology. It is ubiquitous in all
industrial processes, including water and wastewater treatment systems. Still, as long as …

Mathematical modelling of bacterial quorum sensing: a review

J Pérez-Velázquez, M Gölgeli… - Bulletin of mathematical …, 2016 - Springer
Bacterial quorum sensing (QS) refers to the process of cell-to-cell bacterial communication
enabled through the production and sensing of the local concentration of small molecules …

Impact of coexistence of flocs and biofilm on performance of combined nitritation-anammox granular sludge reactors

N Hubaux, G Wells, E Morgenroth - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) removal from high-strength wastewater can be accomplished in single-stage
combined nitritation-anammox reactors with suspended growth biomass composed of …

Modeling of membrane-aerated biofilm: Effects of C/N ratio, biofilm thickness and surface loading of oxygen on feasibility of simultaneous nitrification and …

S Matsumoto, A Terada, S Tsuneda - Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2007 - Elsevier
A multipopulation model of a membrane-aerated biofilm (MAB) considering heterotrophic
bacteria (HB), ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) was …

Recent advances in mechanical characterisation of biofilm and their significance for material modelling

M Böl, AE Ehret, A Bolea Albero… - Critical reviews in …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the advances in microbiology show that biofilms are structurally complex,
dynamic and adaptable systems including attributes of multicellular organisms and …

Inorganic carbon limitation during nitrogen conversions in sponge-bed trickling filters for mainstream treatment of anaerobic effluent

T Bressani-Ribeiro, PGS Almeida, CAL Chernicharo… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic sewage treatment is a proven technology in warm climate regions, and sponge-
bed trickling filters (SBTFs) are an important post-treatment technology to remove residual …

Microbial biofilms in biorefinery–Towards a sustainable production of low-value bulk chemicals and fuels

PS Leonov, X Flores-Alsina, KV Gernaey… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Harnessing the potential of biocatalytic conversion of renewable biomass into value-added
products is still hampered by unfavorable process economics. This has promoted the use of …

Modeling how soluble microbial products (SMP) support heterotrophic bacteria in autotroph-based biofilms

BV Merkey, BE Rittmann, DL Chopp - Journal of theoretical biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Multi-species biofilm modeling has been used for many years to understand the interactions
between species in different biofilm systems, but the complex symbiotic relationship …

Modelling and dynamic simulation of hybrid moving bed biofilm reactors: model concepts and application to a pilot plant

G Mannina, D Di Trapani, G Viviani… - Biochemical engineering …, 2011 - Elsevier
In the recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the development of hybrid
reactors, especially in the up-grading of existing activated sludge plants that are no longer …

Multi-variable mathematical models for the air-cathode microbial fuel cell system

S Ou, H Kashima, DS Aaron, JM Regan… - Journal of Power …, 2016 - Elsevier
This research adopted the version control system into the model construction for the single
chamber air-cathode microbial fuel cell (MFC) system, to understand the interrelation of …