TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rittmann,B.E.
AU  - Manem,J.A.
TI  - Development and Experimental Evaluation of a Steady-State, Multispecies Biof ilm Model
KW  - BIOFILM COMPETITION
KW  - MODELING MULTISPECIES
KW  - NITRIFICATION SPECIES DISTRIBUTION
N2  - in multispecies biofilms is developed. The model includes multiple active species, inert biomass, substrate utilization and diffusion within the biofilm, external mass transport, and detachment phenomena. It predicts the steady-state values .of biofilm thickness, species distribution, and substrate fluxes. An experimental evaluation is carried out in completely mixed biofilm reactors in which Jow-growing nitrifying bacteria compete with acetate-utilizing heterotrophs. The experimental results show that the model successfully describes the space competition. In particular, increasing acetate concentrations causes NH4+-N fluxes to decrease, because nitrifiers are forced deeper into the biofilm, where they experience greater mass-transport resistance
UR  - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PIpaZ0ahb6eSkoqRXjccTYp-B868QkGL/view?usp=drivesdk
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