Modeling mass transfer and substrate utilization in the boundary layer of biofilm systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 139-147

  Horn, Harald ^a   Hempel, Dietmar C ^b  

^a FH Magdeburg   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Convective transport; Diffusive transport; Mass transfer; Oxygen microelectrode

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTRODES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BIOFILM SURFACE; STAGNANT FILMS;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROELECTRODE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031861043     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00096-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (17)

1. Benefield, L and Molz, F. (1985). Mathematical simulation of a biofilm process, Biotechnol. Bioeng. 27, 921-931.
2. Brauer, H. (1985). Eds. Brauer, H. et al. , Biotechnol., vol.2 , Fundamentals of Biochemical Engineering, Weinheim, 77.
3. Chen, G. H., Ozaki, H. and Terashima, Y. (1989). Modelling of the Simultaneous Removal of Organic Substances and Nitrogen in a Biofilm, Wat. Sci. Technol. 21, 791-804.
4. Christiansen, P., Hollesen, L. and Harremoes, P. (1995). Liquid film diffusion on reaction rate in submerged biofilters, Wat. Res. 29 (3), 947-952.
5. Debus, O. (1993;. Aerober Abbau von flüchtigen Abwasserinhaltsstoffen in Reaktoren mit membrangebundenem Biofilm. Aerobic degradation of volatile substances in membrane biofilm reactors. In Sekoulov, I. (ed.) Hamburger Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft. Hamburg: GFEU an der TUHH.
6. Gantzer, J.G., Rittmann, B.E. and Herricks, E.E. (1988). Mass transport to streambed biofilms, Wat. Res. 22 (6), 709-722.
7. Horn, H. (1992). Simultane Nitrifikation und Denitrifikation in einem hetero-/autotrophen Biofilm unter Berücksichtigung der Sauerstoffprofile. Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in an auto-/heterotrophic biofilm with respect to the measured oxygen profiles. gwf Wasser/Abwasser 133: 287-292.
8. Horn, H. and Hempel D.C. (1995). Mass transfer coefficients for an autotrophic and a heterotrophic biofilm system, Wat. Sci. Techol 32 (8), 199-204.
9. Horn, H. and Hempel D.C. (1997). Substrate utilization and mass transfer in an autothrophic biofilm system: Experimental results and numerical simulation, Biotechnol. Bioeng. 53, 363-371.
10. Hooijmans, C. M. (1990). Diffusion coupled with bioconversion in immobilized systems: Use of an oxygen microsensor. PhD-thesis University of Delft
11. Kuenen, J. G., Jorgensen, B. B. and Revsbech, N. P. (1986). Oxygen microprofiles of trickling filter biofilm. Water Res 20: 1589-1598.
12. Kühl, M., Cohen, Y., Dalsgaard, T., Jörgensen, B.B. and Revsbech, N.P. (1995). Microenvironment and photosynthesis of zooxanthellae in scleractinian corals studied with microsensors for O2, pH and light. Marine Ecology Progress Series 117: 159-172.
13. Lewandowski, Z., Altobelli, S. A. and Fukushima, E. (1993). NMR and microelectrode studies of hydrodynamics and kinetics in biofilms. Biotechnol. Progress 9: 40-45.
14. Lewandowski, Z., Stoodley, P. and Altobelli, S. (1995). Experimental and conceptual studies on mass transport in biofilms, Wat. Sci. Tech. 31(1), 153-162.
15. Lens, P., de Poorter, M.-P., Cronenberg, C.C. and Verstraete, W. (1995). Sulfate reducing and methane producing bacteria in aerobic wastewater treatment systems. Wat. Res 29:871-880.
16. Liehr, S.K., Suidan, M.T. and Eheart, J.W. (1989). Effect of concentration boundary layer on carbon limited algal biofilms, J. Environ. Eng. 115 (2), 320-335.
17. Wimpenny, J. W. T. and Colasanti, R. (1997). A unifying hypothesis for the structure of microbial biofilms -based on cellular automaton models. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 22:1-16.