2.5 Mathematical Modeling of Aerobic Fixed-Bed Hybrid
Bioreactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.5.1
Concept of Modeling of Hybrid Bioreactor . . . . . . . . . 17
2.5.2
Mathematical Modeling of Suspended-Growth
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.5.3
Mathematical Modeling of Attached-Growth
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.5.4
Mathematical Modeling of Aerobic Hybrid
Bioreactor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.5.5
Validation of Various Modeling of Aerobic
Hybrid Bioreactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.6 Treatability of Municipal Wastewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.6.1
Characteristics of Municipal Wastewater . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.6.2
Scope of Treatment of Municipal Wastewater Using
Activated Sludge Process and Its Modification . . . . . . . 25
2.6.3
Past Experience on Treatment of Municipal
Wastewater in Aerobic Hybrid Bioreactor . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.7 Present and Future Prospect of Aerobic Hybrid Bioreactor
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.8 Mathematical Modeling of Aerobic Hybrid Bioreactor System . . . 30
2.9 Viability of Treatment of Municipal Wastewater Using Aerobic
Hybrid Bioreactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.10 Validation of Various Models of Hybrid
Bioreactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3 Materials and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1 Approach for Modeling of Fixed-Bed Hybrid Bioreactor . . . . . . . 41
3.1.1
Modeling of Suspended-Growth System . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1.2
Modeling of Biofilm Growth System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.1.3
Modeling of Hybrid Growth System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.2 Approach for the Development of Analytical Procedure
for Determining the Kinetic Coefficients of Hybrid Bioreactor . . . 45
3.3 Practice of Aeration in the Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.4 Sampling Procedure and Preparation of Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.4.1
Sampling Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.4.2
Methods of Sample Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.5 Water Used in Experimental Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.6 Chemicals and Glass Wares Used in Experimental Study . . . . . . 49
3.7 Instruments Used in Experimental Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.8 Origin and Enrichment of Biomass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3.9 Methodology of Bacterial Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3.9.1
Isolation of Pure Cultures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3.10 Analytical Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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