User-friendly mathematical model for the design of sulfate reducing H2/CO2 fed bioreactors

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-175

  Esposito, G ^a   Lens, P ^b   Pirozzi, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological treatment; Design; Kinetics; Mathematical models; Methane; Reactors; Sulfates

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DESIGN; EFFLUENTS; FIRE HAZARDS; HYSTERESIS MOTORS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOVAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; GAS-LIFT REACTORS; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIPS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; REACTOR SIZES; REACTORS; STEADY-STATE MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE REDUCERS; SULFATE REDUCTIONS; SULFATE REMOVALS; SULFATE-REDUCING; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATES; TROPHIC GROUPS; WASTEWATER CHARACTERISTICS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; METHANOGENESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60449097739     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2009)135:3(167)     Document Type: Article

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