Mathematical model and mechanisms for biofilm wastewater treatment systems

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 1455-1460

  Chen, Li Ming ^a   Chai, Li He ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attached biomass; Biofilm; Biofilm formation; Model; Suspended biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ATTACHED BIOMASS; BIOFILM FORMATION; SUSPENDED BIOMASS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 30044447615     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-005-6565-2     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. B. Capdeville K.M. Nguyen 1990 Kinetics and modelling of aerobic and anaerobic film growth Water Science and Technology 22 149 170
2. R. Freter 1983 Mechanisms that control the microflora in the large intestine D. Hentges Human intestinal microflora in health and disease Academic Press NewYork 33 54 ISBN 0-12-341280-3
3. C.P.L. Grady G.T. Daigger H.C. Lim 1999 Biological Wastewater Treatment 2 Marcel Dekker New York 713 747 ISSN 0-824-78919-9
4. Z.K. He J. Liu S.T. Wang 2003 The formation mechanisms of carbon fiber biofilm II Effects of carbon fiber surface characteristic on the activity and multiplication of microorganism New Carbon Materials 18 43 47
5. J.J. Heijnen M.C.M. van Loosdrecht A. Mulder L. Tijhuis 1992 Formation of biofilms in a biofilm air-lift suspension reactor Water Science and Technology 26 647 654
6. Y. Liu J-H. Tay 2001 Detachment forces and their influence on the structure and metabolic behaviour of biofilms World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 17 111 117
7. C. Picioreanu M.C.M. van Loosdrecht J.J. Heijnen 1999 Discrete-differential modeling of biofilm structure Water Science and Technology 39 115 122
8. G. Pizarro D. Griffeath D.R. Noguera 2001 Quantitative cellular automation for biofilms Journal of Environmental Engineering 9 782 789
9. L. Tijhuis M.C.M. van Loosdrecht J.J. Heijnen 1994 Formation and growth on heterotrophic aerobic biofilm on small suspended particles in airlift reactor Biotechnology and Bioengineering 44 595 608
10. J.W.T. Wimpenny R. Colasanti 1997 A unifying hypothesis for the structure of microbial biofilms based on cellular automaton models FEMS Microbiology Ecology 22 1 16
11. J. Zhang X.S. Cao X.Z. Meng J.L. Liu 2003 Experimental research on three start-up methods of aerobic filters Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology 35 1216 1219