Simulation of nitrification of municipal wastewater in a Moving Bed™ biofilm process: A bottom-up approach based on a 2D-continuum model for growth and detachment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 247-255

  Alpkvist, Erik ^a   Bengtsson, J ^b   Overgaard, N Chr ^a   Christensson, M ^b   Heyden, A ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AnoxKaldnes AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Mass conservation; Modelling; Moving bed biofilm process; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BIOFILM PROCESS; MASS CONSERVATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; GROWTH; MASS BALANCE; METABOLISM; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN; SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; TURNOVER TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; NITRITES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34249750432     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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