Modeling and simulation of oxygen-limited partial nitritation in a membrane-assisted bioreactor (MBR)

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 531-542

  Wyffels, Stijn ^a   Van Hulle, Stijn W H ^a   Boeckx, Pascal ^a   Volcke, Eveline I P ^a   Van Cleemput, Oswald ^a   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

MBR; Modeling; Partial nitritation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DENITRIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROFILTRATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

SLUDGE REJECT WATER; STEADY STATE SIMULATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE ASSISTED BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MODEL; NITRATION; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PROCESS DESIGN; SIMULATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 2542484503     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20008     Document Type: Article

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