Modeling integrated fixed-film activated sludge and moving-bed biofilm reactor systems I: Mathematical treatment and model development

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 555-575

  Boltz, Joshua P ^a   Johnson, Bruce R ^a   Daigger, Glen T ^a   Sandino, Julian ^a  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; INTEGRATION; KINETICS; METHANOL; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; CONTINUOUS FLOW STIRRED TANK REACTORS; INTEGRATED FIXED-FILM ACTIVATED SLUDGE; INTERNATIONAL WATER ASSOCIATION; MATHEMATICAL TREATMENTS; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTORS; STEADY-STATE MATHEMATICAL MODEL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DIFFUSION; HETEROTROPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; REACTION KINETICS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; HETEROTROPH; INTEGRATED FIXED FILM ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE;

EID: 68549104132     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X357066     Document Type: Article

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