Toward an operational dynamic model for tertiary nitrification by submerged biofiltration

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 301-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Vigne ◽  
J.M. Choubert ◽  
J.P. Canler ◽  
A. Héduit ◽  
P. Lessard
Keyword(s):  
Loading Rate ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Calibration Procedure ◽  
Biofilm Thickness ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Total Head ◽  
Model Predictions ◽  
Reduction Coefficient ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Set Up

This work deals with the methodology put in place to fit and validate the parameters of a biofiltration model (BAF) in tertiary nitrification treatment and dynamic conditions. For an average loading rate of 0.65 kg NH4-N/m3 media/d, different time loading rates are applied inside a filtration-backwash run using a semi-industrial pilot. Comparisons between predicted and observed values on the NH4-N, NO3-N and TSS in treated water and the total head loss ΔP are carried out firstly using default values of BAF parameters. Model predictions overestimate values measured but trends are well reproduced. A sensitivity analysis is carried out and the hierarchy of BAF parameters has been set up classifying them into strong and low influence on the effluent concentrations. Among parameters revealing the strongest influence are those of the filtration module and the mean density of biofilm for the TSS effluent and the total ΔP, the specific autotrophic growth rate, the maximum biofilm thickness and the reduction coefficient of diffusivity in the biofilm for the NH4-N, NO3-N effluent. Finally, this classification leads to setting a calibration procedure, thanks to specific experimental tests directly measuring some BAF parameters.

scholarly journals Creep Behavior of Passive Bovine Extraocular Muscle

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Yoo ◽  
Hansang Kim ◽  
Andrew Shin ◽  
Vijay Gupta ◽  
Joseph L. Demer
Keyword(s):  
Relaxation Function ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Creep Function ◽  
Testing Conditions ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Creep Coefficient ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Mean

This paper characterized bovine extraocular muscles (EOMs) using creep, which represents long-term stretching induced by a constant force. After preliminary optimization of testing conditions, 20 fresh EOM samples were subjected to four different loading rates of 1.67, 3.33, 8.33, and 16.67%/s, after which creep was observed for 1,500 s. A published quasilinear viscoelastic (QLV) relaxation function was transformed to a creep function that was compared with data. Repeatable creep was observed for each loading rate and was similar among all six anatomical EOMs. The mean creep coefficient after 1,500 seconds for a wide range of initial loading rates was at1.37±0.03(standard deviation, SD). The creep function derived from the relaxation-based QLV model agreed with observed creep to within 2.7% following 16.67%/s ramp loading. Measured creep agrees closely with a derived QLV model of EOM relaxation, validating a previous QLV model for characterization of EOM biomechanics.

scholarly journals Water vapor observations up to the lower stratosphere through the Raman lidar during the MAïdo LIdar Calibration Campaign

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 10361-10422
Author(s):  
D. Dionisi ◽  
P. Keckhut ◽  
Y. Courcoux ◽  
A. Hauchecorne ◽  
J. Porteneuve ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Calibration Procedure ◽  
Relative Difference ◽  
Lamp Method ◽  
Control Procedure ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Lidar Calibration ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract. A new lidar system devoted to tropospheric and lower stratospheric water vapor measurements has been installed at the Maïdo altitude station facility of La Reunion Island, in the southern subtropics. The main objectives of the MAïdo LIdar Calibration Campaign (MALICCA), performed in April 2013, were to validate the system, to set up a calibration methodology, to compare the acquired water profiles with radiosonde measurements and to evaluate its performances and capabilities with a particular focus on the UTLS measurements. Varying the characteristics of the transmitter and the receiver components, different system configuration scenarios were tested and possible parasite signals (fluorescent contamination, rejection) were investigated. A hybrid calibration methodology has been set up and validated to insure optimal lidar calibration stability with time. In particular, the receiver transmittance is monitored through the calibration lamp method that, at the moment, can detect transmittance variations greater than 10–15%. Calibration coefficients are then calculated through the hourly values of IWV provided by the co-located GPS. The comparison between the constants derived by GPS and Vaisala RS92 radiosondes launched at Maïdo during MALICCA, points out an acceptable agreement in terms of accuracy of the mean calibration value (with a difference of approximately 2–3%), but a significant difference in terms of variability (14 vs. 7–9%, for GPS and RS92 calibration procedures, respectively). We obtained a relatively good agreement between the lidar measurements and 15 co-located and simultaneous RS92 radiosondes. A relative difference below 10% is measured in low and middle troposphere (2–10 km). The upper troposphere (up to 15 km) is characterized by a larger spread (approximately 20%), because of the increasing distance between the two sensors. To measure water vapor in the UTLS region, nighttime and monthly water vapor profiles are presented and compared. The good agreement between the lidar monthly profile and the mean WVMR profile measured by satellite MLS has been used as a quality control procedure of the lidar product, attesting the absence of significant wet biases and validating the calibration procedure. Thanks to its performance and location, the MAIDO H2O lidar is devoted to become a reference instrument in the southern subtropics, allowing to insure the long-term survey of the vertical distribution of water vapor, and to document scientific themes such as stratosphere–troposphere exchange, tropospheric dynamics in the subtropics, links between cirrus clouds and water vapor.

scholarly journals The anaerobic SBR process: basic principles for design and automation

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Ruiz ◽  
M. Torrijos ◽  
P. Sousbie ◽  
J. Lebrato Martinez ◽  
R. Moletta
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Cycle ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Dairy Wastewater ◽  
Pollution Load ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Food Industries ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Purification Efficiency ◽  
Set Up

This study has determined the purification performance and the basic principles for the design of an anaerobic SBR (ASBR) to be used to treat wastewater generated in the food industries. Two ASBR's were set up and one fed with a slaughterhouse effluent at low concentration, the other with concentrated dairy wastewater. The maximum loading rate applied should not exceed 4.5 g of COD/L/day for the dilute effluent and 6 g of COD/L/day for the concentrated effluent. At higher loading rates, the reactors become difficult to operate, mainly because of sludge removal problems, and purification efficiency declines. A detailed study of the kinetics (TOC, VFA, rate of biogas production) throughout one treatment cycle led to the development of a simple control strategy based on the monitoring of the biogas production rate which was then applied to the reactor treating the dairy wastewater. After automation, the reactor worked free of problems at an average pollution load of 5.4 g of COD/L/day.

Fluidized bed reactor operation for groundwater denitrification

1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 509-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Green ◽  
M. Shnitzer ◽  
S. Tarre ◽  
B. Bogdan ◽  
G. Shelef ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Fluidized Bed Reactor ◽  
Reactor Operation ◽  
Biofilm Thickness ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Nitrite Removal ◽  
Sand Particles ◽  
Nitrate And Nitrite ◽  
Very High

Groundwater denitrification was carried out in a laboratory scale fluidized bed reactor using sand particles as the biomass carrier. This paper is concentrated on the fluidized bed reactor operation at very high nitrate loading rates (between 30 to 100 kg.NO3/m3 reactor/day) with corresponding short retention times (5 to 1.5 minutes). The effects of nitrate loading rate on nitrate and nitrite removal, as well as on reactor biomass profiles and biofilm characteristics, are presented in this article. The results of the present study indicate that this type of reactor can operate efficiently at retention times shorter than 3 minutes and at nitrate loading rates higher than 70 kg.NO3/m3/day. However, this system requires careful control of the biofilm thickness to achieve a reliable reactor operation.

Tissue Ki67 proliferative index expression and pathological changes in hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulae: Preliminary single-center results

2021 ◽  
pp. 112972982110154
Author(s):  
Raffaella Mauro ◽  
Cristina Rocchi ◽  
Francesco Vasuri ◽  
Alessia Pini ◽  
Anna Laura Croci Chiocchini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Wall Thickening ◽  
Proliferating Cells ◽  
Ki 67 ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Group B

Background: Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for hemodialysis integrates outward remodeling with vessel wall thickening in response to drastic hemodynamic changes. Aim of this study is to determine the role of Ki67, a well-established proliferative marker, related to AVF, and its relationship with time-dependent histological morphologic changes. Materials and methods: All patients were enrolled in 1 year and stratified in two groups: (A) pre-dialysis patients submitted to first AVF and (B) patients submitted to revision of AVF. Morphological changes: neo-angiogenesis (NAG), myointimal thickening (MIT), inflammatory infiltrate (IT), and aneurysmatic fistula degeneration (AD). The time of AVF creation was recorded. A biopsy of native vein in Group A and of arterialized vein in Group B was submitted to histological and immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis. IHC for Ki67 was automatically performed in all specimens. Ki67 immunoreactivity was assessed as the mean number of positive cells on several high-power fields, counted in the hot spots. Results: A total of 138 patients were enrolled, 69 (50.0%) Group A and 69 (50.0%) Group B. No NAG or MIT were found in Group A. Seven (10.1%) Group A veins showed a mild MIT. Analyzing the Group B, a moderate-to-severe MIT was present in 35 (50.7%), IT in 19 (27.5%), NAG in 37 (53.6%); AD was present in 10 (14.5%). All AVF of Group B with the exception of one (1.4%) showed a positivity for Ki67, with a mean of 12.31 ± 13.79 positive cells/hot spot (range 0–65). Ki67-immunoreactive cells had a subendothelial localization in 23 (33.3%) cases, a myointimal localization in SMC in 35 (50.7%) cases. The number of positive cells was significantly correlated with subendothelial localization of Ki67 ( p = 0.001) and with NA ( p = 0.001). Conclusions: Native veins do not contain cycling cells. In contrast, vascular cell proliferation starts immediately after AVF creation and persists independently of the time the fistula is set up. The amount of proliferating cells is significantly associated with MIT and subendothelial localization of Ki67-immunoreactive cells, thus suggesting a role of Ki-67 index in predicting AVF failure.

scholarly journals The Sankara Nethralaya Tamil Nadu Essilor Myopia (STEM) Study—Defining a Threshold for Non-Cycloplegic Myopia Prevalence in Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1215
Author(s):  
Aparna Gopalakrishnan ◽  
Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen ◽  
Viswanathan Sivaraman ◽  
Meenakshi Swaminathan ◽  
Yee Ling Wong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Field ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
School Vision ◽  
Elite School ◽  
Prevalence Estimates ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Definition Of

The aim of this study was to investigate the agreement between cycloplegic and non-cycloplegic autorefraction with an open-field auto refractor in a school vision screening set up, and to define a threshold for myopia that agrees with the standard cycloplegic refraction threshold. The study was conducted as part of the Sankara Nethralaya Tamil Nadu Essilor Myopia (STEM) study, which investigated the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for myopia among children in South India. Children from two schools aged 5 to 15 years, with no ocular abnormalities and whose parents gave informed consent for cycloplegic refraction were included in the study. All the children underwent visual acuity assessment (Pocket Vision Screener, Elite school of Optometry, India), followed by non-cycloplegic and cycloplegic (1% tropicamide) open-field autorefraction (Grand Seiko, WAM-5500). A total of 387 children were included in the study, of whom 201 were boys. The mean (SD) age of the children was 12.2 (±2.1) years. Overall, the mean difference between cycloplegic and non-cycloplegic spherical equivalent (SE) open-field autorefraction measures was 0.34 D (limits of agreement (LOA), 1.06 D to −0.38 D). For myopes, the mean difference between cycloplegic and non-cycloplegic SE was 0.13 D (LOA, 0.63D to −0.36D). The prevalence of myopia was 12% (95% CI, 8% to 15%) using the threshold of cycloplegic SE ≤ −0.50 D, and was 14% (95% CI, 11% to 17%) with SE ≤ −0.50 D using non-cycloplegic refraction. When myopia was defined as SE of ≤−0.75 D under non-cycloplegic conditions, there was no difference between cycloplegic and non-cycloplegic open-field autorefraction prevalence estimates (12%; 95% CI, 8% to 15%; p = 1.00). Overall, non-cycloplegic refraction underestimates hyperopia and overestimates myopia; but for subjects with myopia, this difference is minimal and not clinically significant. A threshold of SE ≤ −0.75 D agrees well for the estimation of myopia prevalence among children when using non-cycloplegic refraction and is comparable with the standard definition of cycloplegic myopic refraction of SE ≤ −0.50 D.

scholarly journals Concept for controlled adjustment of residual stress states in semi-finished products by gradation extrusion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Selbmann ◽  
Markus Baumann ◽  
Mateus Dobecki ◽  
Markus Bergmann ◽  
Verena Kräusel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Residual Stress Distribution ◽  
Forming Process ◽  
Compressive Stresses ◽  
Energy Consuming ◽  
Stress States ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Time And Energy

AbstractThe residual stress distribution in extruded components and wires after a conventional forming process is frequently unfavourable for subsequent processes, such as bending operations. High tensile residual stresses typically occur near the surface of the wire and thus limit further processability of the material. Additional heat treatment operations or shot peening are often inserted to influence the residual stress distribution in the material after conventional manufacturing. This is time and energy consuming. The research presented in this paper contains an approach to influence the residual stress distribution by modifying the forming process for wire-like applications. The aim of this process is to lower the resulting tensile stress levels near the surface or even to generate compressive stresses. To achieve these residual compressive stresses, special forming elements are integrated in the dies. These modifications in the forming zone have a significant influence on process properties, such as degree of deformation and deformation direction, but typically have no influence on the diameter of the product geometry. In the present paper, the theoretical approach is described, as well as the model set-up, the FE-simulation and the results of the experimental tests. The characterization of the residual stress states in the specimen was carried out by X-ray diffraction using the sin2Ψ method.

A video imaging method for time-dependent measurements of molecular mass transfer and biofilm dynamics in microchannels

MRS Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (29) ◽  
pp. 2099-2106 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Parvinzadeh Gashti ◽  
M. Zarabadi ◽  
J. Greener
Keyword(s):  
Biomass Accumulation ◽  
Structural Heterogeneity ◽  
Displacement Velocity ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Shear Forces ◽  
Growth Environment ◽  
Biofilm Thickness ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Local Shear ◽  
Growth Approach

ABSTRACTThe biomass accumulation and movement of biofilms in a microchannel is monitored by optical microscopy. First, the average optical density of the biofilm is monitored in time as a measure of biofilm thickness and structural heterogeneity. These results are used as inputs to calculate changing flow velocities due to resulting excluded volume. Next the displacement velocity of moving biofilm segments was recorded in different places in the microchannel. Quantitative analysis by a particle tracking routine showed differences in displacement velocity near and far from the microchannel corner, which is believed to be related to the local shear forces which vary depending on the height of the biofilm segment and its position in the microchannel. The effect of changing biofilm thickness and different hydrodynamic environments in the microchannel are then discussed in terms of their effects on molecular loading rates. Finally, a demonstration of a flow-templated growth approach as a means to homogenize the growth environment.

Experiments on the flow of heat in liquid helium below 0.7 °K

1958 ◽  
Vol 246 (1246) ◽  
pp. 390-405 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Liquid Helium ◽  
Free Path ◽  
Empirical Relation ◽  
Mean Free Path ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Low Pressures ◽  
Measured Thermal Conductivity

A series of experiments has been performed to study the steady flow of heat in liquid helium in tubes of diameter 0.05 to 1.0 cm at temperatures between 0.25 and 0.7 °K. The results are interpreted in terms of the flow of a gas of phonons, in which the mean free path λ varies with temperature, and may be either greater or less than the diameter of the tube d . When λ ≫ d the flow is limited by the scattering of the phonons at the walls, and the effect of the surface has been studied, but when λ ≪ d viscous flow is set up in which the measured thermal conductivity is increased above that for wall scattering. This behaviour is very similar to that observed in the flow of gases at low pressures, and by applying kinetic theory to the problem it can be shown that the mean free path of the phonons characterizing viscosity can be expressed by the empirical relation λ = 3.8 x 10 -3 T -4.3 cm. This result is inconsistent with the temperature dependence of λ as T -9 predicted theoretically by Landau & Khalatnikov (1949).

Coarse filters for pond effluent polishing: comparison of loading rates and grain sizes

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (11) ◽  
pp. 121-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. von Sperling ◽  
J.G.B. de Andrada ◽  
W.R. de Melo Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Loading Rate ◽  
Uasb Reactor ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Effluent Quality ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Hydraulic Loading ◽  
Grain Sizes ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
The City ◽  
Rock Size

A system comprising a UASB reactor, shallow polishing ponds and shallow coarse filters, treating actual wastewater from the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has been evaluated. The main focus of the research was to compare grain sizes and hydraulic loading rates in the coarse filters. Two filters operating in parallel were investigated, with the following grain sizes: Filter 1: 3 to 10 cm; Filter 2: 8 to 20 cm. Two hydraulic loading rates were tested: 0.5 and 1.0 m3/m3.d. The filter with the lower rock size had a better performance than the filter with the larger rock size in the removal of SS and, as a consequence, BOD and COD. A better performance was obtained with the hydraulic loading rate of 0.5 m3/m3.d, as compared to the rate of 1.0 m3/m3.d. The effluent quality during the period with the lower loading rate was very good for discharge into water bodies or for agricultural reuse (median effluent concentrations from Filter 1: BOD: 20 mg/L; COD: 106 mg/L; SS: 28 mg/L; E. coli: 528 MPN/100 mL).

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