Table 1. Model nomenclature and parameter values.

Symbol	Parameter	Units	Value	Source	Model Sensitivity
μmax	Maximum growth rate	d-1	-	-	Modelled Parameter
μmax,eco,min	Lowest maximum growth rate allowed	d-1	0.2	50	Sensitive*
μmax,eco,max	Highest maximum growth rate allowed	d-1	9.8	50	Sensitive*
μmax,constrain	Constraining growth rate used for modelling	d-1	5	Set to range center	Sensitive*
be	Endogenous decay	d-1	-	-	Modelled Parameter
be,eco,min	Lowest endogenous decay rate allowed	d-1	0.02	47,48	Sensitive*
be,eco,max	Highest endogenous decay rate allowed	d-1	0.2	49	Sensitive*
be,constrain	Constraining endogenous decay used for modelling	d-1	0.11	Set to range center	Sensitive*
Ks	Half-saturation constant	mg/L	50	Typical value	Insensitive†
Y	Yield	mg X/mg S	0.3	Typical value	Insensitive
Sin	Influent substrate concentration	mg/L	250	Typical value	Insensitive
S	Substrate concentration in the reactor	mg/L	-	-	Modelled Parameter
X	Biomass concentration	mg/L	-	-	Modelled Parameter
Xsettle	Settled biomass concentration	mg/L	-	-	Modelled Parameter
Vfull	Full volume of reactor	L	12	Experimental Setup	-
Vt	Time variable volume of reactor	L	-	-	Modelled Parameter
Vmixed drain	Mixed volume removed, dependent on MRT	L	Variable‡	Experimental Setup	-
Vclarified drain	Clarified volume removed, 4 L - Vmixed drain	L	Variable‡	Experimental Setup	-
tcycle	Total cycle time	hr	4	Experimental Setup	-
treact	React time	hr	3	Experimental Setup	-
tsettle	Settle time	hr	0.5	Experimental Setup	-
tmixed drain	Time to drain the mixed volume	hr	0.167	Experimental Setup	-
tclarified drain	Time to drain the clarified volume	hr	0.167	Experimental Setup	-
tfill	Fill time	hr	0.333	Experimental Setup	-
Qmixed drain	Mixed drain flowrate	L/hr	Vmixed drain/tmixed drain	Experimental Setup	-
Qclarified drain	Clarified drain flowrate	L/hr	Vclarified drain/tclarified drain	Experimental Setup	-
Qin	Influent flowrate	L/hr	12	Experimental Setup	-

^*See Supplemental Figure 15

^†See Supplemental Figure 14

^‡See Supplemental Table 1