“…The value of the half-saturation constant (k) could represent the substrate affinity, which means a higher COD removal efficiency when higher k values are obtained. The k values obtained by the Monod-BCO model of a biolm for the A 1 , A 2 , O 1 , and O 2 23,59 our system had signicantly higher substrate affinity in this study. The average k value obtained in this study was 1524.527 mg L À1 , which was higher than the COD concentration in raw coke plant wastewater.…”