Research Article

Practical Identifiability Analysis and Optimal Experimental Design for the Parameter Estimation of the ASM2d-Based EBPR Anaerobic Submodel

Table 1

Comparison of the parameter estimates results.

Parameters (unit)Nonoptimal experimentOptimal experiment
Parameter value ± confidence intervalsError (percentage of parameter values)Parameter value ± confidence intervalsError (percentage of parameter values)

 (mg ()/mg (COD))0.36 ± 0.013.88%0.35 ± 0.024.86%
 (mg (COD)/L)3.27 ± 1.2939.34%3.88 ± 0.4110.67%
 (mg ()/())3.41 ± 0.226.44%3.35 ± 0.278.15%
 (mg (COD)/L)1560 ± 805.15%1500 ± 724.79%