This package implements property relationships for the treatment of wastewater using an activated sludge biological reactor as provided in Henze, M. et al. (1987) .
This Activated Sludge Model no.1 (ASM1) property/reaction package:
supports 'H2O', 'S_I', 'S_S', 'X_I', 'X_S', 'X_BH', 'X_BA', 'X_P', 'S_O', 'S_NO', 'S_NH', 'S_ND', 'X_ND', and 'S_ALK' as components
supports only liquid phase
Description
Symbol
Indices
Components
j
['H2O', 'S_I', 'S_S', 'X_I', 'X_S', 'X_BH', 'X_BA', 'X_P', 'S_O', 'S_NO', 'S_NH', 'S_ND', 'X_ND', 'S_ALK']
Phases
p
['Liq']
Description
Symbol
Variable
Soluble inert organic matter, S_I
S I
S_I
Readily biodegradable substrate S_S
S S
S_S
Particulate inert organic matter, X_I
X I
X_I
Slowly biodegradable substrate X_S
X S
X_S
Active heterotrophic biomass X_B,H
X B , H
X_BH
Active autotrophic biomass X_B,A
X B , A
X_BA
Particulate products arising from biomass decay, X_P
X P
X_P
Oxygen, S_O
S O
S_O
Nitrate and nitrite nitrogen, S_NO
S N O
S_NO
NH4 + + NH 3 Nitrogen, S_NH
S N H
S_NH
Soluble biodegradable organic nitrogen, S_ND
S N D
S_ND
Particulate biodegradable organic nitrogen, X_ND
X N D
X_ND
Alkalinity, S_ALK
S A L K
S_ALK
Description
Symbol
Variable
Index
Units
Total volumetric flowrate
Q
flow_vol
None
m3 /s
Temperature
T
temperature
None
K
Pressure
P
pressure
None
Pa
Component mass concentrations
C j
conc_mass_comp
[p]
kg/m3
Alkalinity in molar concentration
A
alkalinity
[p]
kmol HCO3 − /m3
Stoichiometric Parameters
Description
Symbol
Parameter
Value at 20 C
Units
Yield of cell COD formed per g N consumed, Y_A
Y A
Y_A
0.24
dimensionless
Yield of cell COD formed per g COD oxidized, Y_H
Y H
Y_H
0.67
dimensionless
Fraction of biomass yielding particulate products, f_p
f P
f_p
0.08
dimensionless
Mass fraction of N per COD in biomass, i_xb
i X B
i_xb
0.08
dimensionless
Mass fraction of N per COD in particulates, i_xp
i X P
i_xp
0.06
dimensionless
Description
Symbol
Parameter
Value at 20 C
Units
Maximum specific growth rate for autotrophic biomass, mu_A
µ A
mu_A
0.5
d − 1
Maximum specific growth rate for heterotrophic biomass, mu_H
µ H
mu_H
4.0
d − 1
Half-saturation coefficient for heterotrophic biomass, K_S
K S
K_S
0.01
kg COD/m3
Oxygen half-saturation coefficient for heterotrophic biomass, K_O,H
K O , H
K_OH
0.0002
kg -COD/m3
Oxygen half-saturation coefficient for autotrophic biomass, K_O,A
K O , A
K_OA
0.0004
kg -COD/m3
Nitrate half-saturation coefficient for denitrifying heterotrophic biomass, K_NO
K N O
K_NO
0.0005
kg NO3 -N/m3
Decay coefficient for heterotrophic biomass, b_H
b H
b_H
0.3
d − 1
Decay coefficient for autotrophic biomass, b_A
b A
b_A
0.05
d − 1
Correction factor for mu_H under anoxic conditions, eta_g
η g
eta_g
0.8
dimensionless
Correction factor for hydrolysis under anoxic conditions, eta_h
η h
eta_h
0.8
dimensionless
Maximum specific hydrolysis rate, k_h
k h
k_h
3.0
d − 1
Half-saturation coefficient for hydrolysis of slowly biodegradable substrate, K_X
K X
K_X
0.1
dimensionless
Ammonia Half-saturation coefficient for autotrophic biomass, K_NH
K N H
K_NH
1.0
kg NH3 -N/m3
Ammonification rate, k_a
k a
k_a
0.00005
m3 /kg COD . d
Description
Symbol
Variable
Index
Units
Fluid specific heat capacity
c p
cp
None
J/kg/K
Mass density
ρ
dens_mass
[p]
kg/m3
Description
Equation
Aerobic growth of heterotrophs
$ρ_1 = µ_{H}(\frac{S_{S}}{K_{S}+S_{S}})(\frac{S_{O}}{K_{O,H}+S_{O}})X_{B,H}$
Anoxic growth of heterotrophs
$ρ_2 = µ_{H}(\frac{S_{S}}{K_{S}+S_{S}})(\frac{K_{O,H}}{K_{O,H}+S_{O}})(\frac{S_{NO}}{K_{NO}+S_{NO}})η_{g}X_{B,H}$
Aerobic growth of autotrophs
$ρ_3 = µ_{A}(\frac{S_{NH}}{K_{NH}+S_{NH}})(\frac{S_{O}}{K_{O,A}+S_{O}})X_{B,A}$
Decay of heterotrophs
ρ 4 = b H X B , H
Decay of autotrophs
ρ 5 = b H X B , H
Ammonification of soluble organic nitrogen
ρ 6 = k a S N D X B , H
Hydrolysis of entrapped organics
$ρ_7 = k_{H}(\frac{X_{S}/X_{B,H}}{K_{X}+(X_{S}/X_{B,H})})[(\frac{S_{O}}{K_{O,H}+S_{O}})+η_{h}(\frac{K_{O,H}}{K_{O,H}+S_{O}})(\frac{S_{NO}}{K_{NO}+S_{NO}})]X_{B,H}$
Hydrolysis of entrapped organic nitrogen
$ρ_7 = k_{H}(\frac{X_{S}/X_{B,H}}{K_{X}+(X_{S}/X_{B,H})})[(\frac{S_{O}}{K_{O,H}+S_{O}})+η_{h}(\frac{K_{O,H}}{K_{O,H}+S_{O}})(\frac{S_{NO}}{K_{NO}+S_{NO}})]X_{B,H}(X_{ND}/X_{S})$
Scaling for the ASM1 property package has yet to be implemented.
[1] Henze, M., Grady, C.P.L., Gujer, W., Marais, G.v.R., Matsuo, T., "Activated Sludge Model No. 1", 1987, IAWPRC Task Group on Mathematical Modeling for Design and Operation of Biological Wastewater Treatment. https://belinra.inrae.fr/doc_num.php?explnum_id=4467
[2] Alex, J. et al. Benchmark Simulation Model no.1 (BSM1). Lund University, 2008, 5-6. https://www.iea.lth.se/publications/Reports/LTH-IEA-7229.pdf