A steady-state biofilm model for simultaneous reduction of nitrate and perchlorate, part 1: Model development and numerical solution

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1598-1607

  Tang, Youneng ^a   Zhao, Heping ^a   Marcus, Andrew K ^a   Krajmalnik Brown, Rosa ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-FILM THICKNESS; BIOFILM MODELS; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FINITE DIFFERENCE; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; ITERATIVE SCHEMES; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MONOD KINETIC; MULTISPECIES BIOFILM; NEWTON-RAPHSON; NITRATE LOADINGS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; ONE-DIMENSION; OPERATING CONDITION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL; PERCHLORATE REMOVAL; REDUCTASE ENZYMES; SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTION; SOLID COMPONENTS; STEADY STATE; THREE-STEP APPROACH;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN; LOADING; NITRATES;

INORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HYDROGEN; NITRATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PERCHLORATE; POLYMER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ELECTRON; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PERCHLORATE; REACTION KINETICS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ELECTRON; HETEROTROPH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; STEADY STATE;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERCHLORIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84863012754     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203129s     Document Type: Article

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