Abstract:a b s t r ac tThe aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of aeration rate (U g ) on the performance of a novel nonwoven flat plate bioreactor. Increase in Ug, ranging from 0.080 to 0.129 m/s, resulted in the increase of the apparent substrate consumption rate (8.38-11.86 mg/L h) and decrease in mixing time (from 13 to 7 min), thereby positively affecting the oxygen (kLa) and external (k c ) mass transfer. Biofilm detachment was less than 1% despite the fact that shear stress value was 1.12 Pa at the highe… Show more
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