Effect of a new variable integration on steady states of a two-step Anaerobic Digestion Model

Abstract

This paper deals with a mathematical analysis of two-steps model of anaerobic digestion process, including dynamics of soluble microbial products (SMP). We propose to investigate effects of the new variable SMP on qualitative properties of the process in different generic cases. Equilibria of the model are graphically established considering qualitative properties of the kinetics and, their stability are proved theoretically and/or verified by numerical simulations. It will shown that the model has a rich qualitative behavior as equilibria bifurcation and multi-stability according to the considered bifurcation parameter.

Keywords

• anaerobic digestion
• bioprocess
• equilibria bifurcation
• modeling
• stability
• steady state analysis