Modeling and evaluation of an integrated nitrogen removal system with microorganisms Co-immobilized in double-layer gel beads

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 240-248

  Dos Santos, Vitor A P M ^a   Marchal, Leonardus M ^a   Tramper, Johannes ^a   Wijffels, René H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; GELS; GROWTH KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; SUBSTRATES;

AIR LIFT LOOP REACTORS; DILUTION RATES; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

BACTERIA;

EID: 0030105413     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp9600041     Document Type: Article

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