Comparison of a type curve and a least-squared errors method to estimate biofilm kinetic parameters

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3279-3285

  Riefler, R Guy ^a   Smets, Barth F ^b  

^a US Institute of Navigation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 dinitrotoluene; 2,4 DNT; 2,6 dinitrotoluene; 2,6 DNT; Biofilm; Dinitrotoluene; FBBR; Fluidized bed biofilm reactor; Fluidized bed reactor; Kinetics; Least squared errors D; LSE; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DIFFUSION; ESTIMATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; REACTION KINETICS;

BIOKINETIC PARAMETERS;

BIOFILMS;

TOLUENE;

BIOFILM; DIFFUSION; FLUIDIZED BED; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037863767     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00139-8     Document Type: Article

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