title: Simplified hydrolysis models for the optimal design of two-stage anaerobic digestion.
abstract: This note shows that Contois kinetics, when used to describe the hydrolysis of biodegradable solids, are preferable to the traditional first-order kinetics when considering the optimal design of a steady-state two-stage anaerobic digester system.
authors.affiliation: Water Problems Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. vavilin@aqua.laser.ru
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Vavilin
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Rytov
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Lokshina
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rintala
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lyberatos
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000502:physiology*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002138:Calibration; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals