A mathematical model and criteria for designing horizontal-flow anaerobic immobilized biomass reactors for wastewater treatment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-243

  Zaiat, Marcelo ^a   Passig, Fernando Hermes ^a   Foresti, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic process; Domestic sewage; Fixed bed reactor; Kinetics; Mass transfer; Mathematical model; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYURETHANES; SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

BIOPARTICLE SIZE; HORIZONTAL FLOW ANAEROBIC IMMOBILIZED BIOMASS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; POLYURETHANES FOAM CUBIC MATRICES; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS; DOMESTIC WASTE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033990645     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00077-2     Document Type: Article

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