biofilm wastewater treatment Articles
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Modeling phototrophic biofilms in a plug-flow reactor
The use of phototrophic biofilms in wastewater treatment has been recognized as a potential option for development of new reactor configurations. For better understanding of these systems, a numerical model was developed including relevant microbial processes. As a novelty, this model was implemented in COMSOL Multiphysics, a modern computational environment for complex dynamic models. A ...
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Design of multistage activated sludge-biofilm reactors: a rational approach
This paper outlines a mathematical model developed for steady-state multistage completely mixed hybrid reactors, starting from basic mass balance expressions for the system and Fick's theory for diffusion of substrate into the biofilm. The model being complex, a design procedure has been proposed that uses predefined effluent quality profile across the system and results in an accurate and ...
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Organic removal activity in biofilm and suspended biomass fractions of MBBR systems
The moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) wastewater treatment process is usually designed based on the assumption that all activity in the process occurs in the biofilm on the MBBR carriers, although there is always some active biomass in the bulk liquid due to biofilm sloughing and, sometimes, free-growing bacteria. In this study the removal of organic matter is evaluated in laboratory-scale MBBR ...
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4 Misconceptions of MBBR Biofilm Reactor for Wastewater Treatment
Common Misconceptions of MBBR Biofilm Reactor Technology for Wastewater Treatment When looking for information about a product or service you’re interested in, it can occasionally be difficult to find the answers to your specific questions. Sometimes you can’t really find anything and you end up making inferences based on what you did find. Sometimes, those inferences can be ...
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Hybrid activated sludge/biofilm process for the treatment of municipal wastewater in a cold climate region: a case study
A hybrid activated sludge/biofilm process was investigated for wastewater treatment in a cold climate region. This process, which contains both suspended biomass and biofilm, usually referred as IFAS process, is created by introducing plastic elements as biofilm carrier media into a conventional activated sludge reactor. In the present study, a hybrid process, composed of an activated sludge and ...
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