?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F394%2F&rft.title=Improvement+of+Energy+Efficiency+for+Wastewater+Treatment&rft.creator=Burke%2C+M.&rft.creator=Chapwanya%2C+M.&rft.creator=Doherty%2C+K.&rft.creator=Hewitt%2C+I.&rft.creator=Korobeinikov%2C+A.&rft.creator=Meere%2C+M.&rft.creator=McCarty%2C+S.&rft.creator=O'Brien%2C+M.&rft.creator=Tuoi%2C+V.T.N.&rft.creator=Winstanley%2C+H.&rft.subject=Environment&rft.subject=Energy+and+utilities&rft.description=Wastewater+treatment+requires+the+elimination+of+pathogens+and+reduction+of+organic+matter+in+the+treated+sludge+to+acceptable+levels.+One+process+used+to+achieve+this+is+Autothermal+Thermophylic+Aerobic+Digestion+(ATAD)%2C+which+relies+on+promoting+non-pathogenic+thermophilic+bacteria+to+digest+organic+matter+and+kill+pathogens+through+metabolic+heat+generation.+This+process+requires+continuous+aeration+that+may+be+energy+consuming%2C+and+the+final+aim+of+the+study+is+to+identify+how+the+process+design+can+minimize+the+energy+input+per+mass+of+treated+sludge.+Appropriate+modeling+of+the+reactor+process+is+an+essential+ingredient%2C+so+we+explore+properties+of+an+existing+model+and+propose+a+simplified+alternative+model.&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F394%2F1%2FESGI70_6.pdf&rft.identifier=++Burke%2C+M.+and+Chapwanya%2C+M.+and+Doherty%2C+K.+and+Hewitt%2C+I.+and+Korobeinikov%2C+A.+and+Meere%2C+M.+and+McCarty%2C+S.+and+O'Brien%2C+M.+and+Tuoi%2C+V.T.N.+and+Winstanley%2C+H.++(2009)+Improvement+of+Energy+Efficiency+for+Wastewater+Treatment.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++