Modelling of the periodic anaerobic baffled reactor (PABR) based on the retaining factor concept

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 3725-3736

  Skiadas, I V ^a   Gavala, H N ^a   Lyberatos, G ^a  

^a Dept Chem Eng Univ P   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biomass retention factor; Kinetics; Modelling; PABR; Periodic anaerobic baffled reactor

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; GLUCOSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

PERIODIC ANAEROBIC BAFFLED REACTOR (PABR);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; IMMOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034668316     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00137-8     Document Type: Article

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