Kinetics of nitrogen and carbon removal in a moving-fixed bed biofilm reactor

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2360-2377

  Lin, Yen Hui ^a  

^a CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Denitrification; Model; Moving fixed bed; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NONMETALS; ORGANIC CARBON; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CARBON REMOVALS; CARBON UTILIZATION; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DIFFUSIVE MASS TRANSPORT; FIXED BED BIOFILM REACTOR (FBBR); MODEL SOLUTIONS; MONOD KINETICS; NITRIFYING BIOMASS; ORTHOGONAL COLLOCATION METHOD;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 47249144409     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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