Effect of wall growth on the kinetic modeling of nitrite oxidation in a CSTR

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 718-726

  Dokianakis, Spiros N ^a   Kornaros, Michael ^a   Lyberatos, Gerasimos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Nitratification; Nitrification; Nitrite oxidizers; Wall attachment

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION;

NITRATIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZERS; WALL ATTACHMENT;

BIOREACTORS;

NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DIFFUSION; FLOW RATE; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; OXIDATION; VOLUMETRY;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33644893919     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20758     Document Type: Article

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