EVALUATION OF INTRINSIC AND INHIBITION-KINETICS IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDIZED-BED REACTORS

Citation
Vt. Nguyen et Wk. Shieh, EVALUATION OF INTRINSIC AND INHIBITION-KINETICS IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDIZED-BED REACTORS, Water research, 29(11), 1995, pp. 2520-2524
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Civil","Environmental Sciences","Water Resources
Journal title
ISSN journal
00431354
Volume
29
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2520 - 2524
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-1354(1995)29:11<2520:EOIAII>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
An experimental approach is developed in which batch experiments are d irectly performed in steady-state biological fluidized bed (BFB) react ors for the evaluation of biofilm intrinsic and inhibition kinetics. E xperimental evidence verifies that intrinsic data can be obtained from the batch experiments performed over short periods of time without al teration of immobilized cell physiology in reactors. Furthermore, the phenomena of substrate inhibition can also be examined using the propo sed approach. BFB reactors are capable of regaining their steady-state performance within 24 h after the termination of batch experiments wi thout showing any distress symptoms.