title: Integrated model of reaction rate equations and thermal energy balance in aerobic bioreactor for food waste decomposition.
abstract: The integrated model is composed of two basic parts: one is a reaction rate model of biodegradation in combination with bioenergetics and the other is a thermal engineering model of energy flow and balance in the bioreactor. Integrating these models provides possibility to estimate microbial activity using time course of physicochemical parameters such as bed temperature, bed weight, and/or C02 concentration during decomposition.
authors.affiliation: Eco-Informatics Association, 1-24-2 Sumiredai, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 651-1432, Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Eco-Informatics Association, 1-24-2 Sumiredai, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 651-1432, Japan; Advanced Science Research Laboratory, Saitama Institute of Technology, 1690 Fusaiji, Hukaya, Saitama 369-0293, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isoda
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D019149:Bioreactors; D005502:Food; D007700:Kinetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013227:Steam / Q000032:analysis; D013816:Thermodynamics; D013997:Time Factors; D014866:Waste Products / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D013227:Steam; D014866:Waste Products