Improving the operation of the full scale wastewater treatment plant with use of a complex activated sludge model

A complex activated sludge model implemented in BioWin software has been implemented to assure its predictability and improve the effectiveness of biological wastewater treatment in the full-scale plant in Poland. The influence of temperature and sludge retention time (SRT) on the quality of the effluent was also studied. The calibration was successfully performed according to the Good Modelling Practice Unified (GMP) protocol. Five parameters at a steady state and ten under dynamic conditions were calibrated. It occurred that in the studied wastewater treatment plant SRT should be kept at the low level sufficient to sustain nitrification.