Research Article

State Estimation and Model-Based Control of a Pilot Anaerobic Digestion Reactor

Table 1

Parameters in the modified Hill model adapted to the AD reactor at Foss Farm.

ParameterValueUnit

0.69(g VFA/L)/(g BVS/L)
2.90d/d
0.25(g BVS/L)/(g VS/L)
3.89g BVS/(g acidogens/L)
1.76g VFA/(g acidogens/L)
31.7g VFA/(g methanogens/L)
26.3L/g methanogens
0.02d−1
0.02d−1
15.5g BVS/L
3g VFA/L
250L