Inzynieria Chemiczna i Procesowa, Vol.27, No.4, 1431-1445, 2006
The influence of biomass hold-up on the aeration conditions of microorganisms in an aerobic biodegradation process operated in a cascade of bioreactors
The influence of holding of biomass in reaction medium on the conditions of anoxia of microorganisms and on the steady state characteristics of a cascade of two bioreactors have been discussed. The parameters affecting the holding of biomass are: degree of thickening of biomass and recirculation ratio. The computations were performed for aerobic biodegradation of phenol occurring according to dual-substrate kinetics.