Title: Cellular automata based model of formation of aerobic granular sludge

Authors: Ben-Zhai Hai; Jie Yang; Wan-Lei Han; Zong-Bo Qiu

Addresses: School of Information Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; School of Compute Science &Technology, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China ' School of Information Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China ' School of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China ' School of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China

Abstract: In this paper, aerobic granules were developed in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) using synthetic wastewater. A cellular automata (CA) model was established to simulate the formation of an aerobic granular sludge. The results indicate that the model not only visualised the complex formation process of aerobic granules, but also well studied qualitative and quantitative aspects of aerobic granules. Thus, the CA model is suitable for simulation of the formation process of aerobic granules cultivated in a granular SBR.

Keywords: cellular automata; aerobic granular sludge; wastewater treatment; model; machine learning; biochemical reaction.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2018.092360

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2018 Vol.14 No.3, pp.216 - 222

Received: 26 Jun 2017
Accepted: 17 Dec 2017
Published online: 16 Jun 2018 *

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