Influencing effect of intra-granule mass transfer in expanded granular sludge-bed reactors treating an inhibitory substrate

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3403-3410

  Chou, Hsin Hsien ^a   Huang, Ju Sheng ^a   Jheng, Jing Hong ^a   Ohara, Reiko ^b  

^a KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Expanded granular sludge bed; Inhibitory substrate; Kinetic model; Mass transfer; Parametric sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHENOLS; SUBSTRATES;

EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE-BED; INHIBITORY SUBSTRATE; KINETIC MODELS; PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY;

MASS TRANSFER;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; PHENOLS; SUBSTRATES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; INHIBITOR; MASS TRANSFER; PHENOL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREACTOR; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED REACTOR; FLOW KINETICS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEWAGE;

PHENOL;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 43849102879     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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