title: Calibration and verification of models of organic carbon removal kinetics in Aerated Submerged Fixed-Bed Biofilm Reactors (ASFBBR): a case study of wastewater from an oil-refinery.
abstract: The article presents a case-study on the calibration and verification of mathematical models of organic carbon removal kinetics in biofilm. The chosen Harremöes and Wanner & Reichert models were calibrated with a set of model parameters obtained both during dedicated studies conducted at pilot- and lab-scales for petrochemical wastewater conditions and from the literature. Next, the models were successfully verified through studies carried out utilizing a pilot ASFBBR type bioreactor installed in an oil-refinery wastewater treatment plant. During verification the pilot biofilm reactor worked under varying surface organic loading rates (SOL), dissolved oxygen concentrations and temperatures. The verification proved that the models can be applied in practice to petrochemical wastewater treatment engineering for e.g. biofilm bioreactor dimensioning.
authors: Oil Refinery "Glimar" S.A, ul. Michalusa 1, 38-300 Gorlice, Poland. Karol.Trojanowicz@pliva.pl
authors: Karol
authors: K
authors: Trojanowicz
authors: Włodzimierz
authors: W
authors: Wójcik
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D002138:Calibration; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D035501:Uncertainty; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D009930:Organic Chemicals