Coupling heat transfer modelling to ALBA model for full predictions from meteorology

High Rate Algal-Bacterial Ponds (HRABP) are often considered as an interesting solution for reducing the energy demand due to oxygenation in wastewater treatment, since oxygen is produced by the microalgae during photosynthesis. Modelling these complex dynamical processes is a challenging task since it is subjected to the solar fluxes imposing permanent fluctuations in light and temperature. The ALBA model was developed to represent this process, and validated with 623 days of outdoor measurements, in two different locations and for the four seasons. However, so far this model -as all the other existing models- was not fully predictive since it was requiring the measurement of the water temperature.