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A simple model describing nitrate and nitrite reduction in fluidized bed biological reactors
Author(s) -
Brosilow Benjamin J.,
Schnitzer Michael,
Tarre Sheldon,
Green Michal
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19970620)54:6<543::aid-bit5>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - fluidized bed , simple (philosophy) , nitrate , nitrite , chemistry , biological system , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , physics , biology , philosophy , epistemology
A uniquely simple model is developed to describe the NO 3 − and NO 2 − concentration profiles within a dentrification fluidized bed biological reactor. This simple model is compared to experimental data, and to a more complex model similar to those previously proposed in the literature. The simple model fits the experimental data at least as well as the more complex model. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 54: 543–548, 1997.