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Suspended Growth Models 144<br />

27. Storage of XPP on PHA using NO 2 as electron acceptor: In this process<br />

the storage of poly-phosphate takes place while the stored PHA compounds<br />

are oxidised using NO 2-N as an electron acceptor. The conversion of NO 2-N<br />

to N 2 is considered in process stoichiometry formulation. Similar to the<br />

process #26, a reduction factor equal to the ratio of NO 2-N to NO X –N<br />

concentration is applied to account for fraction of total biomass mediating<br />

this process.<br />

28. Decay of PAO: The stoichiometry and rate expression for this process is<br />

same as ASM2d, except that alkalinity saturation term is not used.<br />

29. XPP lysis: The stoichiometry and rate expression for this process is same as<br />

ASM2d, except that alkalinity saturation term is not used.<br />

30. PHA lysis: The stoichiometry and rate expression for this process is same as<br />

ASM2d, except that alkalinity saturation term is not used.<br />

Processes mediated by methylotrophs<br />

A single population of methylotrophs, which degrades methanol, a single carbon<br />

substrate is incorporated in the model. Four reaction processes are considered for this<br />

biomass.<br />

31. Growth of methylotrophs on methanol using O 2 as electron acceptor: The<br />

stoichiometry and kinetics of the process is developed using the principles of<br />

heterotrophic growth. The rate expression for growth of methylotrophs<br />

includes oxygen saturation and a methanol saturation term. The biomass<br />

yield on methanol is reported to be much lower than other carbon sources.<br />

Therefore, a different yield coefficient is used in the process stoichiometry.<br />

32. Growth of methylotrophs on methanol using NO 3 as electron acceptor:<br />

The methylotrophs can use NO 3-N as terminal electron acceptor to oxidize<br />

methanol. The stoichiometry of this process is developed by considering<br />

partial reduction of NO 3-N to NO 2-N. The rate expression for the process<br />

uses an inhibition term for oxygen and a saturation term for the NO 3-N. The<br />

reaction rate expression also reduces the amount of biomass mediating the<br />

reaction by the fraction of NO 3-N to total NO X nitrogen available in the<br />

system. It is assumed that when the methylotroph biomass is converting<br />

NO 3-N to NO 2-N, it is not participating in the conversion of NO 2-N to N 2<br />

gas.<br />

<strong>GPS</strong>-X <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Reference</strong>

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