Development of a revised metabolic model for the growth of phosphorus‐accumulating organisms

The performance of a metabolic model for biological phosphorus removal (BPR) and that of a model based on continuous‐flow data were compared. Analysis showed that the metabolic model does not correctly simulate the behavior of BPR systems. The reason was found to be the kinetic expressions forming the basis of the model. A new set of kinetic expressions was selected, and a revised metabolic model was tested. It was shown that the revised …