A model to describe the performance of the UASB reactor

Biodegradation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-251

  Rodríguez Gómez, Raúl ^a   Renman, Gunno ^a   Moreno, Luis ^a   Liu, Longcheng ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CSTR; Kinetic; Model; UASB; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; KINETICS; MODELS; POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CSTR; REACTION TERMS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; UASB; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ADVECTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REACTION KINETICS; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EQUIPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE;

EID: 84895786597     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-013-9656-z     Document Type: Article

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