Modeling of Hybrid Growth Wastewater Bio-reactor

Abstract
The attached/suspended growth mixed reactors are considered one of the
recently tried approaches to improve the performance of the biological
treatment by increasing the volume of the accumulated biomass in terms of
attached growth as well as suspended growth. Moreover, the domestic WW
can be easily mixed with a high strength non-hazardous industrial
wastewater and treated together in these bio-reactors if the need arises.
Modeling of Hybrid hybrid growth wastewater reactor addresses the need of
understanding the rational of such system in order to achieve better design
and operation parameters. This paper aims at developing a heterogeneous
mathematical model for hybrid growth system considering the effect of
diffusion, external mass transfer, and power input to the system in a rational
manner. The model will be based on distinguishing between liquid/solid
phase (bio-film and bio-floc). This model would be a step ahead to the fine
tuning the design of hybrid systems based on the experimental data of a pilot
plant to be implemented in near future.

Modeling of Hybrid Growth Wastewater Bio-reactor