Biomedical Engineering Reference
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2.5
0.14
N-Reac tor
G-Reactor
0.12
2.0
Eff-N-Reactor
Eff-G-Reactor
0.10
1.5
0.08
0.06
1.0
0.04
0.5
0.02
0.0
0.00
0
4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32
Time (day)
Figure 5. Biomass (SS) concentrations in the reactor (N-Reactor and G-Reactor) and in the effluent
(Eff-N-Reactor and Eff-G-Reactor) during the study period.
30
25
20
15
10
N-Reactor
G-Reactor
5
0
0
4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32
Time (day)
Figure 6. Dynamics of sludge retention time (SRT) in the N-Reactor and the G-Reactor.
The biomass concentration (
SS
) in the N-Reactor decreased drastically from 1.80 g/l to
less than 0.10 g/l within 32 days. This is described by:
SS
= -0.59
Ln
(
t
) + 2.11 (R
2
= 0.97)
(3)
