Effect of the kinetics of ammonium and nitrite oxidation on nitritation success or failure for different biofilm reactor geometries

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-129

  Lackner, Susanne ^a,b   Smets, Barth F ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biofilm geometry; Biofilm modeling; MABR; Nitritation; Oxygen affinity; Specific growth rate

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CONSTANTS; BIO-KINETIC PARAMETERS; BIOFILM MODELS; BIOFILM REACTORS; BIOFILM SYSTEMS; BIOKINETICS; EXHAUSTIVE SIMULATION; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MABR; MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; MEMBRANE AERATED BIOFILM REACTORS (MABR); NITRITATION; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PARAMETER COMBINATION; SOBOL METHOD; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DIFFUSION; GROWTH RATE; OXYGEN;

GEOMETRY;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ANAMMOX BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866703734     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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