Prediction of substrate consumption rate, average biofilm density and active thickness for a thin spherical biofilm at pseudo-steady state

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-216

  Tanyolaç, Abdurrahman ^a   Beyenal, Haluk ^a,b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Density; Fluidized bed; Substrate consumption; Thickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343458320     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-703X(98)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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