MASS-TRANSFER AND SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION IN BIOFILM REACTORS

MUSLU Y.

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, vol.57, no.2, pp.127-135, 1993 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 57 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1993
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, INSPEC, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.127-135
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Mass transfer within microbial films is described using Monod-type biological kinetics in terms of properties of packing material and the feed solution. For this purpose, computer techniques have been developed for the numerical evaluation of the normalized biofilm mathematical model. A second-order partial differential equation, describing the mechanisms of dispersion phenomena inside the liquid layer, was then solved to determine the mass transfer coefficient. The application of the theory to earlier experimental data has also been demonstrated.