Nitrification kinetics of activated sludge-biofilm system: A mathematical model

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5827-5835

  Thalla, Arun Kumar ^a   Bhargava, Renu ^a   Kumar, Pramod ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

AS biofilm reactors; Mathematical model; Nitrification; Substrate flux

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AS-BIOFILM REACTORS; BIOFILM REACTORS; BIOFILM SYSTEMS; DATA SETS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FICKIAN DIFFUSION; FRACTIONAL ERRORS; LABORATORY SCALE; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MONOD KINETIC; NITRIFICATION KINETICS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE FLUX;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REMOVAL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIUM; BIOFILM; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; SEWAGE;

EID: 77951090250     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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