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Title: Modelling and simulation of steady-state phenol degradation in a pulsed plate bioreactor with immobilised cells of Nocardia hydrocarbonoxydans
Authors: Shetty, K.V.
Verma, D.K.
Srinikethan, G.
Issue Date: 2011
Citation: Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 2011, Vol.34, 1, pp.45-56
Abstract: A novel bioreactor called pulsed plate bioreactor (PPBR) with cell immobilised glass particles in the interplate spaces was used for continuous aerobic biodegradation of phenol present in wastewater. A mathematical model consisting of mass balance equations and accounting for simultaneous external film mass transfer, internal diffusion and reaction is presented to describe the steady-state degradation of phenol by Nocardia hydrocarbonoxydans (Nch.) in this bioreactor. The growth of Nch. on phenol was found to follow Haldane substrate inhibition model. The biokinetic parameters at a temperature of 30 1 C and pH at 7.0 0.1 are ? m = 0.5397 h -1, K S = 6.445 mg/L and K I = 855.7 mg/L. The mathematical model was able to predict the reactor performance, with a maximum error of 2% between the predicted and experimental percentage degradations of phenol. The biofilm internal diffusion rate was found to be the slowest step in biodegradation of phenol in a PPBR. 2010 Springer-Verlag.
URI: http://idr.nitk.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/12074
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