Evaluation of different methods for the determination of maximum heterotrophic growth rates

Water Environment Research

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 549-552

  Stasinakis, Athanasios S ^a   Mamais, Daniel ^b   Paraskevas, Panayotis A ^a   Lekkas, Themistokles D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c University of the Aegean ^*

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Bacterial kinetics determination; Batch methods; Biomass growth; Substrate to biomass ratio

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); OXIDATION; SUBSTRATES;

BATCH REACTORS; GROWTH RATES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SUBSTRATE-TO-BIOMASS RATIOS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BATCH SEPARATION; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; MICROORGANISM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BATCH REACTOR; BIOMASS SUPPORT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLATILIZATION; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; EVALUATION STUDIES; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEWAGE;

EID: 1842504180     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143003X141349     Document Type: Article

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