18:00 PM to 20:00 PM

Registration and Welcome Cocktail

8:00 AM to 9:30 AM

Registration

9:30 AM to 10:15 AM

Welcome speeches

10:15 AM to 10:45 AM

Coffee Break/Poster Presentations

10:45 AM to 1:00 PM

Case Studies and Panel Discussion

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Lunch/Poster Presentations

2:30 PM to 3:45 PM

Fundamentals - Intracellular and Extracellular Polymers

3:45 PM to 4:15 PM

Coffee Break/Poster Presentations

4:15 PM to 6:00 PM

Biological Phosphorus Removal and Panel Discussion

Case Studies
(15 minute presentations followed by 1 hour Panel Discussion)
Moderators: R. L. Irvine and P.A. Wilderer.

Irvine D.A. and Irvine R.L.

Retrofit of the Kinnegar, Northern Ireland to SBR Control and Operation

Stig Morling, M.

Long term experiences from four SBR-plants operated with cold wastewater; comparisons and synthesis

D. J. I. Gustavsson, U. Nyberg, J. la Cour Jansen

Operation for nitritation of sludge liquor in a full-scale SBR

H.L. Frost, R.L. Irvine, and D.A. Irvine

Bench-Scale Comparison of Sequencing Batch Reactor and Tank-in Series Configurations for Pigment Production Facility

A. Dror-Ehre, M..C. Goronszy, and A. Brenner

Utilization of an equalization pond for optimal operation of a full-scale Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) system

Fundamentals - Intracellular and Extracellular Polymers (15 minute presentations)

M.Majone, D.Dionisi, M.Villano, M.Beccari

Effect of pH on the production of poly-hydroxyalkanoates by mixed cultures enriched under periodic feeding

Ozlem Karahan, Derin Orhon and Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht

Simultaneous Storage of Polyhydroxyalkanoates and Glycogen in Activated Sludge

T. Mato, M. Ben, C. Kennes and M. C. Veiga

PHA production using brewery wastewater

Simon Bengtsson,, Alan Werker and Thomas Welander

Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by glycogen accumulating organisms treating a paper mill wastewater

E. Dulekgurgen, N. Artan, D. Orhon and P. A. Wilderer

How does shear affect aggregation in granular sludge SBRs?- relations between shear, hydrophobicity, and EPS

Biological Phosphorus Removal
(15 minute presentations followed by 30 minutes Panel Discussion)
Moderators: A. Carucci and M. Majone

Andrew Amis Randall, Yinguang Chen, Chao Zhang

The Stoichiometry and Kinetics of Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Driven by Propionate:Acetate Mixtures

S. Puig, M. Coma, H. Monclús, M.C.M van Loosdrecht, J. Colprim, and M.D. Balaguer

Ethanol as a carbon source for biological nutrient removal from wastewater

R. Barat, T. Montoya, L. Borras, J. Ferrer and A. Seco

Calcium phosphate precipitation in a SBR operated for EBPR: interactions with the biological process

M. Vargas, A. Guisasola, C. Casas and J.A. Baeza

Simultaneous nitrite and phosphorus removal in an enriched nitrite-DPAO SBR monitored with titrimetry

P. C. Lemos, Y. Dai, Z. Yuan, J. Keller, H. Santos, M. A. M. Reis

Acetate utilization by GAOs: Carbon metabolism studies using in vivo 13C-NMR

9:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Fundamentals and Novel Applications

10:15 AM to 10:45 AM

Coffee Break/Poster Presentations

10:45 AM to 1:00 PM

Mathematical Modeling/Process Control and Panel Discussion

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Lunch/Poster Presentations

2:30 PM to 3:45 PM

Nitrogen Removal Processes Design and Operation I

3:45 PM to 4:15 PM

Coffee Break/Poster Presentations

4:15 PM to 5:30 PM

Nitrogen Removal Processes Design and Operation II

5:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Discussion (all sessions) and Daily Summary

Fundamentals and Novel Applications (15 minute presentations)

D. Dionisi, M. Majone, A. Bellani, C. Cruz Viggi and M. Beccari

Role of biomass adaptation in the removal of formic acid in Sequencing Batch Reactors

X. J. Tan and L. Tang

Variation of biological activity of activated sludge in SBR system

A. D’Urso, D. Gapes and M. Bravi

Performance of a fungal based SBR under pH extreme and shock phenolic exposure

Iván Moreno-Andrade, Alejandro Vargas and Germán Buitrón

Membrane Filtration in a Sequencing Batch Reactor Degrading an Inhibitory Compound

M. Figueroa, A. Mosquera-Corral, J.L. Campos and R. Méndez

Treatment of saline wastewater in SBR aerobic granular reactors

Mathematical Modeling and Process Control
(15 minute presentations followed by 1 hour Panel Discussion)
Moderators: D. A. Irvine and M. C. Tomei

I. Irizar, Alferes J., Larrea L. and Ayesa E.

Design, implementation and experimental validation of a real-time control architecture for nitrogen removal in SBR systems

L. Corominas,, G. Sin, S. Puig, M.D. Balaguer, P.A. Vanrolleghem and J. Colprim

Model-based evaluation of operational flexibility of a nitrogen removing SBR

S. G. E. Rönner-Holm and  N. C. Holm

Optimising studies of a full-scale SBR plant using the ASM3+EAWAG-BioP-model

M. C. Tomei and M. C. Annesini

Removal of Xenobiotics in a Two Phase Sequencing Batch Reactor: Kinetics and Modelling

S. Velmurugan and J. N. Veenstra

An optimization model for design and operation of sequencing batch reactor

Nitrogen Removal Processes Design and Operation I (15 minute presentations)

A. Galí, J. Dosta, S.López-Palau and J. Mata-Álvarez

SBR Technology for High Ammonium Loading Rates

N. Fiocchi, E. Ficara, S. Bonelli, R. Canziani, F. Ciappelloni, S. Mariani, M. Pirani, P. Ratini, D. Mazouni, and J. Harmand

Automatic set-point titration for monitoring nitrification in SBRs

Martínez O. F., Cuervo-López, F.M. and Gómez, J.

Anoxic methane oxidation coupled to denitrification in SBR

Jianhua Guo , Yongzhen Peng, Qing Yang, Shuying Wang, Ying Chen, Chenhong Zhao

Theoretical Analysis and Enhanced Nitrogen Removal Performance of Step-Feed SBR

P. Schwitalla, A. Mennerich, U. Austermann-Haun, A. Müller, C. Dorninger, H. Daims, N. C. Holm and S. G. E. Rönner-Holm

NH4+ ad-/desorption in SBRs: simulation, lab and full-scale studies

Nitrogen Removal Processes Design and Operation II (15 minute presentations)

Kai M. Udert, Elija Kind, Mieke Teunissen, Sarina Jenni, Tove A. Larsen

Effect of Heterotrophic Growth on Nitritation/Anammox in a Single Sequencing Batch Reactor

M. A. Dytczak, K. L. Londry and J. A. Oleszkiewicz

Nitrifying populations in SBR with anoxic periods increase nitrification rates

M. Kornaros, S.N. Dokianakis and G. Lyberatos

Performance of nitrite oxidizers (NOB) during anoxic to aerobic transitions

Vladimir Baytshtok, Sungpyo Kim, Ran Yu, Hongkeun Park, Kartik Chandran

Molecular and biokinetic characterization of methylotrophic denitrification using nitrate and nitrite as terminal electron acceptors

C. H. Zhao, Y. Z. Peng, S. Y. Wang and X. G. Tang

Influence of wastewater composition on biological nutrient removal in UniFed SBR process

Discussion 30 Minutes (Nitrogen removal sessions)
Moderator: J. Oleszkiewicz

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Granular Biomass Development I

10:00 AM to 10:45 AM

Coffee Break/Poster Presentations

10: 45 AM to 11: 45 AM

Granular Biomass Development II

11: 45 AM to 1:00 PM

Treatment of Industrial Wastewater and Leachates I

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Lunch/ Poster Awards

2:30 PM to 3:45 PM

Treatment of Industrial Wastewater and Leachates II

3:45 PM to 4:15 PM

Coffee Break

4:15 PM to 5: 15 PM

Discussion (all sessions) and Daily Summary

5: 15 PM to 5:30 PM

Closing Remarks

Granular Biomass Development I (15 minute presentations)

B. S. McSwain Sturm and R.L. Irvine

Dissolved Oxygen as a Key Parameter to Aerobic Granule Formation

E. Dulekgurgen, M. Yilmaz and P. A. Wilderer

Shape and surface topology of anaerobic/aerobic granules influenced by shearing conditions

A. Carucci, S. Milia, G. De Gioannis, M. Piredda

Acetate-fed Aerobic Granular Sludge for the degradation of chlorinated phenols

C. Di Iaconi, G. Del Moro, M. De Sanctis, R. Ramadori

Technological transfer to demonstrative scale of SBBGR technology for municipal wastewater treatment

Granular Biomass Development II (15 minute presentations)

N. Kishida, S. Tsuneda, Y. Sakakibara, J.H. Kim and R. Sudo

Real-time control strategy for simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal using aerobic granular sludge

J.R. Liu, D. Nguyen and M. Paice

Aerobic granule formation in a sequencing batch reactor treating newsprint effluent under low phosphate conditions

M. Wichern, M. Lübken, N. Schwarzenbeck and H. Horn

Optimizing SBR reactor operation for treatment of dairy wastewater with aerobic granular sludge

Volodymyr Ivanov, Xiao-Hui Wang, Yong-Qiang Liu and Olena Stabnikova

Simultaneous microbial granulation and biodegradation of estrogens in sequencing batch reactor

Treatment of Industrial Wastewater and Leachates I (15 minute presentations)

G. Farabegoli, A. Chiavola and E. Rolle

Remediation of chlorophenol and phenol contaminated-groundwater by a Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor

A. Spagni, S. Marsili-Libelli and M. C. Lavagnolo

Optimisation of sanitary landfill leachate treatment in a sequencing batch reactor

K.S. Singh , M.M. LeBlanc, D. Bhattacharyya

Polishing of Pretreated Dye Wastewater Using Novel Sequencing Batch Reactors

N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais and H.M. Pinheiro

Treatment of colored textile wastewater in SBR with emphasis on the biodegradation of sulfonated aromatic amines

A. F. Mohedano, A. Suarez, J. A. Casas, J. J. Rodríguez

Effect of operational conditions in the treatment of a cosmetic wastewater by sequencing batch reactor

Treatment of Industrial Wastewater and Leachates II (15 minute presentations)

D. P. Cassidy, P. J. Hirl, E. Belia

Methane Production from Ethanol Co-Products in Anaerobic SBRs

C. Lindenblatt, M. Wichern, A. Yolkina, H. Arab and H. Horn

Activated pre-clarifier and sand filtration - Treatment of nitrogen rich wastewater from a biogas plant

J. V. Thanikal, M. Torrijos, J. Harmand, E. Latrille, Jean-Philippe Delgenes

Characterization of the flocs from SBRs treating effluent from small cheese making plants and impact on compressibility and settleability

L. M. Queiroz, M. V. Aun, D. M. Morita, P. Alem Sobrinho

The use of a Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) for ammonia and phenol removal using nitrite as electron acceptor

Yan Zhou, Maite Pijuan and Zhiguo Yuan

Biological nutrient removal from abattoir wastewater using combined aerobic granular sludge and biofilm SBRs: improvement to the 2-sludge 3-stage concept

Discussion (all sessions) and Conference Summary (1 hour)
Moderators: R. L. Irvine and P.A. Wilderer

Technical Tour to Villa d'Este and its fountains

Villa d’Este, masterpiece of the Italian Garden, is included in the UNESCO world heritage list. With its impressive concentration of fountains, nymphs, grottoes, plays of water, and music, it constitutes a much-copied model for European gardens in the mannerist and baroque styles

• Technical conference on the hydraulic system of Villa D'Este
• Short visit at Tivoli town
• Lunch in a typical restaurant
• Trip back to Rome

Rate: 120 € (VAT included)

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