Speciation and chemical interactions in nitrifying biofilms. I: Model development

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 871-877

  Flora, Edna M C V ^a,b,c,d   Suidan, Makram T ^a,b   Flora, Joseph R V ^a,b   Kim, Byung J ^a,b  

^a Grad Student   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c University of South Carolina   (United States)

^d U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; MONOD KINETICS; NITRIFICATION; PH;

BIOMASS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; ELECTRONS; IONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; PH; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REACTION KINETICS;

CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTRONEUTRALITY; NITRIFYING BIOFILMS; PH DEPENDENT MONOD KINETICS;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MODELING; NITRIFICATION;

EID: 0032740040     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1999)125:9(871)     Document Type: Article

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