Dynamics and steady state operation of a nitrifying fixed bed biofilm reactor: Mathematical model based description

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2359-2369

  Pérez, Julio ^a   Poughon, Laurent ^b   Dussap, Claude Gilles ^b   Montesinos, José Luis ^a   Gòdia, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilm reactor; Fixed bed; Modeling; Nitrification; Nitrobacter; Nitrosomonas

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION;

BIOLOGICAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (BLSS); FIXED BED BIOFILM REACTORS; NITRIFYING REACTORS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPEA;

BIOREACTORS;

NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER WINOGRADSKYI; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 14644415594     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2004.09.022     Document Type: Article

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