Recent advances and challenges in mechanistic modelling of photosynthetic processes for wastewater treatment

S Rossi, G Capson-Tojo, A Sànchez-Zurano, D Carecci… - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Phototrophy-based wastewater treatment has the potential to reduce wastewater
bioremediation costs, improving environmental impacts and allowing for enhanced resource …

[HTML][HTML] Dim lights, bright prospects: Purple phototrophic bacteria-driven industrial wastewater treatment for biomass resource recovery at low light intensities

OZ Wada, M Pasha, AS Vincent, G McKay… - Process Safety and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The utilization of purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB) has emerged as an eco-friendly
approach to biological wastewater treatment. However, the high energy demands …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing pH and light cycles to boost microbial protein production in mixed culture purple non-sulfur bacteria wastewater bioremediation

OZ Wada, AS Vincent, G Mckay, HR Mackey - Journal of Water Process …, 2025 - Elsevier
The application of purple non‑sulfur bacteria (PNSB) in wastewater bioremediation has
shown promise, but most studies have focused on agricultural and municipal wastewaters …

[HTML][HTML] An identification algorithm of switched Box-Jenkins systems in the presence of bounded disturbances: An approach for approximating complex biological …

A Moradvandi, E Abraham, A Goudjil… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the development of linear Switched Box–Jenkins (SBJ) models for
approximating complex dynamical models of biological wastewater treatment processes. We …

[HTML][HTML] Model predictive control of purple bacteria in raceway reactors: Handling microbial competition, disturbances, and performance

A Moradvandi, B De Schutter, E Abraham… - Computers & Chemical …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Purple Phototrophic Bacteria (PPB) are increasingly being applied in resource
recovery from wastewater. Open raceway-pond reactors offer a more cost-effective option …

Model predictive control of purple bacteria in raceway reactors

A Moradvandi, B De Schutter, E Abraham… - 2024 - repository.tudelft.nl
Purple Phototrophic Bacteria (PPB) are increasingly being applied in resource recovery from
wastewater. Open raceway-pond reactors offer a more cost-effective option, but subject to …