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A Novel Bioreactor for High Density Cultivation of Diverse Microbial Communities
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Calibration of hydrodynamic behavior and biokinetics for TOC removal modeling in biofilm reactors under different

Ming Zeng1, Audrey Soric, Nicolas Roche

  • 1Aix Marseille University, Centrale Marseille, CNRS, M2P2 UMR 7340, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix en Provence Cedex 4, France.

Bioresource Technology
|July 23, 2013
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AC(t)E(t)E(θ)GFHRT(actual)Heterotrophic biofilmKsKs_realL(f)M(dry)M(media)M(tracer)M(wet)Monod half saturation coefficient (mg_TOC/L_V(void))Monod kineticNPFPorous mediaQ(t)Retention time distributionRvTICV(actual)V(bulk)V(exhange)V(media)V(void)Wastewater treatmentXY(yield)actual hydraulic retention time (min)actual hydraulic volume (L)average biofilm thickness (mm)bbiofilm concentration (mg_TOC/L_V(void))biofilm decay rate (L/day)biofilm yield rate (mg COD/mg COD)density of porous media (g/mL)density of wet biofilm (g/mL)dry mass of biofilm (g)dry mass of porous media (g)half saturation coefficient added by the blank TOC concentration (mg_TOC/L_V(void))hydraulic volume of exchanged zones (L)maximum specific biofilm growth rate (L/day)maximum specific growth rate of heterotrophic biofilm (L/day)maximum substrate biodegradation rate (mg_TOC/(L_V(void).min))nominal hydraulic retention timenominal retention time distributionnumber of stirred tanksproportion of total carbon of dry biofilm (%)retention time distribution (min(−1))specific surface area of porous media (m(2)/m(3)_V(bulk))the filter with glass beadsthe filter with plastic ringstheil inequality coefficienttotal mass of tracer injected (g)total volume of filter bed (L)tracer concentration (g/L)void volume of filter bed (L)volume of porous media (L)water flow rate at the outlet (L/min)wet mass of biofilm (g)εθμ(max)μ(maxH)ρρ(media)

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