Practical identifiability of biokinetic parameters of a model describing two-step nitrification in biofilms

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 497-514

  Brockmann, D ^a,b   Rosenwinkel, K H ^a   Morgenroth, E ^b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Experimental design; Identifiability analysis; Modeling; Nitrification; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; IDENTIFIABILITY ANALYSIS; MODELING;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTS; MODELS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BATCH REACTOR; BIOFILM; KINETICS; MODEL; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER;

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; NITRITES;

EID: 53649109282     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21932     Document Type: Article

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