Calibration and verification of models of organic carbon removal kinetics in Aerated Submerged Fixed-Bed Biofilm Reactors (ASFBBR): A case study of wastewater from an oil-refinery

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2446-2456

  Trojanowicz, Karol ^a   Wójcik, Wodzimierz ^b  

^a Oil Refinery Glimar SA ^*  (Poland)

^b CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biofilm modelling; Biofilm reactors; Petrochemical wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM REACTORS; CALIBRATION AND VERIFICATION; CARBON REMOVAL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; FIXED-BED; MODEL PARAMETERS; OIL REFINERIES; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PETROCHEMICAL WASTEWATER; TREATMENT ENGINEERING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOREACTORS; CALIBRATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROCHEMICALS; REFINING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOFILMS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REFINING INDUSTRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATED SUBMERGED FIXED BED BIOFILM REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BIOREACTORS; CALIBRATION; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 79958741850     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.216     Document Type: Article

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